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Evidence for a close phylogenetic relationship between the teleost orders Tetraodontiformes and Lophiiformes based on an analysis of soft anatomy

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Chanet, Bruno, Guintard, Claude, Betti, Eric, Gallut, Cyril, Dettaï, Agnès, Lecointre, Guillaume (2013): Evidence for a close phylogenetic relationship between the teleost orders Tetraodontiformes and Lophiiformes based on an analysis of soft anatomy. Cybium 37 (3): 179-198, DOI: 10.26028/cybium/2013-373-006, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2013-373-006

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