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Diet composition and feeding habits of the eyespot skate, Atlantoraja cyclophora (Elasmobranchii: Arhynchobatidae), off Uruguay and northern Argentina

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Barbini, Santiago A., Lucifora, Luis O. (2016): Diet composition and feeding habits of the eyespot skate, Atlantoraja cyclophora (Elasmobranchii: Arhynchobatidae), off Uruguay and northern Argentina. Neotropical Ichthyology (e160032) 14 (3): 1-10, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20160032, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-20160032

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