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First Japanese Records of Bathycongrus castlei (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Tosa Bay, Kochi Prefecture

  • 1. Laboratory of Fisheries Biology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University,
  • 2. Muroto Fisheries Guidance Office, Kochi Prefectural Government, 71, Ukitsu, Muroto, Kochi 781-7103, Japan
  • 3. Laboratory of Fisheries Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan & Corresponding author

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Sakai, Kyohei, Ohkawa, Toshiyuki, Mochioka, Noritaka (2022): First Japanese Records of Bathycongrus castlei (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Tosa Bay, Kochi Prefecture. Species Diversity 27 (2): 341-346, DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.27.341, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.27.341

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