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Issue: Vol. 5538 No. 3: 15 Nov. 2024
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2024-11-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5538.3.6
Page range: 290-292
Abstract views: 151
PDF downloaded: 2

A new record of the small-headed flounder, Laeops parviceps Günther, 1880 (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae) from India, Indian Ocean

Department of Fisheries Resource Management; College of Fisheries Science; Kamdhenu University; Veraval; Gujarat 362265; India
Department of Fisheries Resource Management; College of Fisheries Science; Kamdhenu University; Veraval; Gujarat 362265; India
Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology; Annamalai University; Parangipettai; 608502; Tamil Nadu; India
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart; 70191 Stuttgart; Germany
Pisces Pleuronectiformes Bothidae Indian Ocean

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