Assessing species validity of Mugil platanus Günther, 1880 in relation to Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (Actinopterygii)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 319-325

  Castro, Gonzalez ^a,c   Heras, S ^b   Cousseau, M B ^a   Roldan, Marina I ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c Centro Científico y Tecnológico Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Landmarks; Meristic; Mugil cephalus; Mugil platanus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC ISOLATION; MERISTICS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOPTERYGII; MUGIL CEPHALUS; MUGIL PLATANUS;

EID: 46649087966     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000801886254     Document Type: Article

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