First Morphological Description and the Distribution of Ophisurus macrorhynchos (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) Leptocephalus Collected from Southeastern Waters of Jeju Island
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Ji, Hwan-Sung
(Fisheries Resources Management Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute)
Choi, Jung Hwa (Fisheries Resources Management Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) Choi, Kwang Ho (Fisheries Resources Management Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) Yoon, Sang Chul (Fisheries Resources Management Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) Lee, Dong Woo (Fisheries Resources Management Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) Kim, Jin-Koo (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University) |
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