Distribution of the genus Hypoplectrus (Teleostei: Serranidae) in the Greater Caribbean Region: Support for a color-based speciation

Marine Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 375-387

  Aguilar Perera, Alfonso ^a   González Salas, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Color morph; Coral reef fish; Distribution; Evolution; Hamlets; Hypoplectrus; Presence absence data; Serranidae; Speciation

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; CORAL REEF; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TELEOST;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST);

ANTHOZOA; HYPOPLECTRUS; HYPOPLECTRUS ABERRANS; HYPOPLECTRUS CHLORURUS; HYPOPLECTRUS GEMMA; HYPOPLECTRUS GUMMIGUTTA; HYPOPLECTRUS GUTTAVARIUS; HYPOPLECTRUS INDIGO; HYPOPLECTRUS NIGRICANS; HYPOPLECTRUS PUELLA; HYPOPLECTRUS UNICOLOR; SERRANIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 78649468798     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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