A new goatfish, upeneus seychellensis SP. NOV. (Mullidae), from the seychelles bank, with remarks on upeneus guttatus and a key to western indian ocean upeneus species

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 637-650

  Uiblein, Franz ^a,b   Heemstra, Phillip C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

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

Author keywords

Goatfishes; Mullidae; New species; Population differences; Taxonomy; Upeneus

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COLOR MORPH; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEW SPECIES; PERCIFORM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

GULF OF SUEZ; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SEYCHELLES BANK;

MULLIDAE; UPENEUS; UPENEUS GUTTATUS;

EID: 79960781580     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2010.547202     Document Type: Article

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