Evidence for the occurrence of the indo-pacific stonefish, synanceia verrucosa (actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Synanceiidae), in the mediterranean sea

Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-131

  Edelist, Dor ^a   Spanier, Ehud ^a   Golani, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lessepsian migration; Mediterranean; Stonefish; Synanceia verrucosa

Indexed keywords

ACTINOPTERYGII; SCORPAENIFORMES; SYNANCEIA VERRUCOSA; SYNANCEIIDAE;

EID: 79959978535     PISSN: 01371592     EISSN: 17341515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3750/AIP2011.41.2.09     Document Type: Article

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