First record of the Indo-Pacific red lionfish Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) for the Dominican Republic

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-268

  Guerrero, Kelvin A ^a   Franco, Ángel Luís ^b  

^a Données Manobi Sénégal Counterpart International Sénégal   (Dominican Republic)

^b Reef Check ^*  (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Dominican Republic; Invasive species; Lionfish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855542723     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2008.3.2.21     Document Type: Article

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