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Mediterranean fish biodiversity: an updated inventory with focus on the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian seas

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Psomadakis, Peter Nick, Giustino, Stefano, Vacchi, Marino (2012): Mediterranean fish biodiversity: an updated inventory with focus on the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian seas. Zootaxa 3263: 1-46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.280724

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