Torquigener flavimaculosus hardy and randall, 1983 (pisces: Tetraodontidae) offrhodes island marine area: A new alien fish in the hellenic waters

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 73-76

  Corsini Foka, M ^a   Margies, P ^b   Kondilatos, G ^a   Economidis, P S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean sea; Lessepsian migration; Mediterranean; Tetraodontidae; Torquigener flavimaculosus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892501096     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.172     Document Type: Article

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