Description of a new species of chimaerid, Chimaera bahamaensis from the Bahamas (Holocephali: Chimaeridae)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 649-659

  Kemper, Jenny M ^a   Ebert, David A ^a,b   Didier, Dominique A ^c   Compagno, Leonard J V ^d  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BODY SIZE; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH; MORPHOMETRY; NEW SPECIES;

BAHAMAS;

CHIMAERA CUBANA; CHIMAERA MONSTROSA; CHIMAERIDAE; HOLOCEPHALI;

EID: 77954898002     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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