First record of Cirrimaxillaformosa (Muraenidae) from New Caledonia, found in sea snake stomach contents

Cybium

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-192

  Séret, Bernard ^a   Brischoux, François ^b   Bonnet, Xavier ^b   Shine, Rick ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clrrimaxilla formosa; First record; ISEW; Muraenidae; New Caledonia

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349110261     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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