Elacatinus lobeli, a new cleaning goby from Belize and Honduras

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2173, 2009, Pages 31-40

  Randall, John E ^a   Colin, Patrick L ^b  

^a BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

^b Palau International Coral Reef Centre   (Palau)

Author keywords

Caribbean sea; Cleaning goby; Elacatinus; New species

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; ELACATINUS; ELACATINUS OCEANOPS; GNATHIIDAE; GOBIOSOMA GENIE; ISOPODA; PISCES;

EID: 68349134846     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2173.1.3     Document Type: Article

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