Thalasseleotrididae, new family of marine gobioid fishes from New Zealand and temperate Australia, with a revised definition of its sister taxon, the Gobiidae (Teleostei: Acanthomorpha)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3266, 2012, Pages 41-52

  Gill, Anthony C ^a,b   Mooi, Randall D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c Manitoba Museum   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eleotrididae; Gobiidae; Gobioidei; Osteology; Systematics; Thalasseleotrididae new family

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOMORPHA; ELEOTRIDAE; GOBIIDAE; GOBIOIDEI; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84859762425     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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