Saccular otolith mass asymmetry in adult flatfishes
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Fish Biology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0022-1112,1095-8649
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01869.x