Fishes as living tracers of connectivity in the tropical western North Atlantic: I. Distribution of the neon gobies, genus Elacatinus (Pisces: Gobiidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2370, 2010, Pages 36-52

  Colin, Patrick L ^a  

^a Coral Reef Research Foundation ^*  (Palau)

Author keywords

Coral reef fishes; Endemism; Marine zoogeography; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; ELACATINUS; GOBIIDAE; GOBIOSOMA OCEANOPS; PISCES;

EID: 77953824017     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2370.1.2     Document Type: Article

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