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Hypoplectrus espinosai sp. nov. (Teleostei: Serranidae), a new hamlet on coral reefs in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico
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- 1. Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany & Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany & Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Panama, Republic of Panama
- 2. Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
- 3. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Panama, Republic of Panama
- 4. 197 Gulfview Dr., Islamorada, FL 33036, USA
- 5. Laboratorio de Biología Acuática, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, México
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Puebla, Oscar, Aguilar-Perera, Alfonso, Helmkampf, Martin, Robertson, D. Ross, Estapé, Carlos J., Estapé, Allison Morgan, Domínguez-Domínguez, Omar (2025): Hypoplectrus espinosai sp. nov. (Teleostei: Serranidae), a new hamlet on coral reefs in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Zootaxa 5618 (4): 509-524, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.4.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5618.4.3
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