Murdy Edward O. - Fishes out of water: biology and ecology of mudskippers

BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF MUDSKIPPERS

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BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF MUDSKIPPERS

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Zeehan Jaafar
Edward O. Murdy

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Zeehan Jaafar, author. | Murdy, Edward O., author.

Title: Fishes out of water : biology and ecology of mudskippers / Zeehan

Jaafar and Edward O. Murdy.

Description: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2017. | Series: CRC marine

science series | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016055509 | ISBN 9781498717878 (hardback : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Mudskippers.

Classification: LCC QL638.G7 Z44 2017 | DDC 597/.7dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016055509