Can Lutjanus purpureus (South red snapper) be "legally" considered a red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus)?
Red snappers (Lutjanus purpureus in Brazil and Lutjanus campechanus in USA and Gulf of Mexico) are both under clear effect of overfishing. Because of their high morphological similarity it has already been suggested that they could possibly be considered as a single species. To investigate the degre...
Main Authors: | Grazielle Gomes, Horacio Schneider, Marcelo Vallinoto, Simoni Santos, Guillermo Orti, Iracilda Sampaio |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
2008-01-01
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Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572008000200035 |
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