First Record of the Smoothtail Mobula, Mobula thurstoni (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) in Southern Korea
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Myoung, Se Hun
(Dokdo Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology)
Song, Young Sun (Dokdo Fisheries Research Center, National Institute of Fisheries Science) Kang, Chung-Bae (Department of Exhibition and Education, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea) Choi, Hong-In (Department of Exhibition and Education, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea) Kim, Jong-Gwan (Department of Exhibition and Education, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea) Yoon, Moongeun (Department of Ecology and Conservation, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea) Im, Jaebok (Department of Taxonomy and Systematics, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea) Han, Dong-Jin (Hanwha Aqua Planet Yeosu) |
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