A new cleaner species of Elacatinus (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) from the Southwestern Atlantic

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1932, 2008, Pages 27-32

  Sazima, Ivan ^a   Carvalho Filho, Alfredo ^b   Sazima, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Fish Bizz Ltda   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cleaning symbiosis; Elacatinus; Gobiidae; New species; Oceanic islands; Reef fish; Southwestern Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ACTINOPTERYGII; ANTHOZOA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; CARCHARHINUS PEREZI; CEPHALOPHOLIS FULVA; CHAETODON OCELLATUS; CHAETODONTIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; CHROMIS MULTILINEATA; ELACATINUS; EPINEPHELINAE; GOBIIDAE; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 56349096296     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1932.1.3     Document Type: Article

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