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First records of Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766) and Siganus javus (Linnaeus, 1766) from the Red Sea

  • 1. School of Environmental and Animal Sciences, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Jawad, Laith A. (2024): First records of Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766) and Siganus javus (Linnaeus, 1766) from the Red Sea. Zootaxa 5474 (1): 94-96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5474.1.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5474.1.9

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