Squalus formosus, a new species of spurdog shark (Squaliformes: Squalidae), from the western North Pacific Ocean

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 954-968

  White, W T ^a   Iglesias S P ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Dogfish; Japan; Squaliformes; Taiwan; Undescribed species

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; FIN (ORGAN); HISTOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PIGMENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUALUS; TAIWAN;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PIGMENTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SQUALUS; TAIWAN;

CHONDRICHTHYES; MEGALOPS; SQUALIDAE; SQUALIFORMES; SQUALUS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; SQUALUS BLAINVILLE; SQUALUS BREVIROSTRIS; SQUALUS JAPONICUS; SQUALUS MITSUKURII;

EID: 80053572876     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03068.x     Document Type: Article

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