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The morphology and mitochondrial DNAbarcode of Knipowitschia caucasica (Berg 1916) (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from Karpuzçay, Levantine Sea, the easternmost record of Knipowitschia species in the Mediterranean Sea

  • 1. Natural History Museum Rijeka, Lorenzov prolaz 1, HR-51000 Rijeka, Croatia.
  • 2. Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Fisheries, İzmir, Türkiye. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6060-6483
  • 3. Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Department of Biology, Burdur, Türkiye. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1686-0959 Corresponding author

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Kovačič, Marcelo, Öztürk, Dilruba Seyhan, Innal, Deniz (2023): The morphology and mitochondrial DNAbarcode of Knipowitschia caucasica (Berg 1916) (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from Karpuzçay, Levantine Sea, the easternmost record of Knipowitschia species in the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa 5360 (2): 219-238, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.2.3, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5360.2.3/52114

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