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Two new miniature silverside fishes of the genus Membras Bonaparte (Atheriniformes, Atherinopsidae) from the Tropical North Atlantic Ocean

  • 1. College of the Environment, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA & bchernoff@wesleyan.edu; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8439-4542
  • 2. College of the Environment, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA & amachado@wesleyan.edu; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6028-3677
  • 3. College of the Environment, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA & jescobedo@wesleyan.edu; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1048-5094
  • 4. College of the Environment, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA & mfreiburger@wesleyan.edu; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7858-4769
  • 5. College of the Environment, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA & ehenderson@wesleyan.edu; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3383-6328
  • 6. College of the Environment, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA & ahennessey@wesleyan.edu; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1177-4661
  • 7. College of the Environment, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA & gkohn@wesleyan.edu; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4374-4715
  • 8. College of the Environment, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA & nneri@wesleyan.edu; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3565-4680
  • 9. College of the Environment, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA

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Chernoff, Barry, Machado-Allison, Antonio, Escobedo, Jennifer, Freiburger, Michael, Henderson, Elijah, Hennessy, Andrew, Kohn, Grace, Neri, Nola, Parikh, Aashni, Scobell, Sophie, Silverstone, Benjamin, Young, Emily (2020): Two new miniature silverside fishes of the genus Membras Bonaparte (Atheriniformes, Atherinopsidae) from the Tropical North Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa 4852 (2): 191-202, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.2.4

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