Embryo developmental events and the egg case of the Aleutian skate Bathyraja aleutica (Gilbert) and the Alaska skate Bathyraja parmifera (Bean)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 483-501

  Hoff, G R ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Bering Sea; Elasmobranch; Oviparous; Rajidae; Reproduction; Tail filament

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FISH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OOCYTE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; SKATES (FISH);

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; OVUM; SKATES (FISH);

BATHYRAJA ALEUTICA; BATHYRAJA PARMIFERA; RAJIDAE;

EID: 59349120840     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02138.x     Document Type: Article

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