Marine and inland fishes of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands: An annotated checklist

Zootaxa

Volumn 3803, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-120

  Smith Vaniz, William F ^a   Jelks, Howard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Caribbean; Distribution; Introduced species; Rotenone; Visual censuses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS;

EID: 84901713172     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3803.1.1     Document Type: Article

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