Anguilla Version 1

Jun A. Ebersole, David J. Cicimurri, Gary L. Stringer, Stephen J. Jacquemin, & Charles N. Ciampaglio

Entry 6.004

Volume 6

Issue 4

Chapter 6: Pleistocene Fishes of Alabama

Version 1

Osteichthyes

Anguilliformes

Anguillidae

Anguilla

Cenozoic

Quaternary

https://doi.org/10.69737/GGLE1724

https://doi.org/10.69737/WNGV3132

https://doi.org/10.69737/DWVH3702

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