The smalleye stingray dasyatis microps (myliobatiformes: dasyatidae) in the gulf: previously unreported presence of a large, rare elasmobranch

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-103

  Moore, Alec B M ^a  

^a RSK Environment Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

DASYATIDAE; DASYATIS MICROPS; MYLIOBATIFORMES;

EID: 77952042690     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2010.10638396     Document Type: Article

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