Molecular systematics of gobioid fishes

The Biology of Gobies

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 23-50

  Rüber, Lukas ^a   Agorreta, Ainhoa ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

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