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First record of the clingfish Tomicodon zebra (Pisces: Gobiesocidae) from El Salvador waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Saúl González-Murcia*
Affiliation:
Universidad de El Salvador, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemática, Escuela de Biología, Final 25 Avenida Norte, Ciudad Universitaria, San Salvador, El Salvador, Centroamérica
Cindy Marín
Affiliation:
Universidad de El Salvador, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemática, Escuela de Biología, Final 25 Avenida Norte, Ciudad Universitaria, San Salvador, El Salvador, Centroamérica
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Correspondence should be addressed to: S. González-Murcia, Universidad de El Salvador, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemática, Escuela de Biología, Final 25 Avenida Norte, Ciudad Universitaria, San Salvador El SalvadorCentroamérica email: saulogm_5@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Four specimens of the clingfish Tomicodon zebra were caught on the intertidal zone El Pital, El Salvador, Central America. This record extends its known range two latitudinal degrees southward in the Tropical Eastern Pacific.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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