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Annotated checklist of the fishes of the archipelago of Madeira (NE Atlantic): I-Chondrichthyes

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Biscoito, Manuel, Ribeiro, Cláudia, Freitas, Mafalda (2018): Annotated checklist of the fishes of the archipelago of Madeira (NE Atlantic): I-Chondrichthyes. Zootaxa 4429 (3): 459-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4429.3.2

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