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Issue: Vol. 5415 No. 4: 23 Feb. 2024
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2024-02-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5415.4.10
Page range: 598-600
Abstract views: 63
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Rediscovery of the elusive moray Gymnothorax polyuranodon (Teleostei: Muraenidae) from Sri Lanka after 84 years

Division of Evolutionary Ecology; Institute of Ecology and Evolution; University of Bern; 3012 Bern; Switzerland; Naturhistorisches Museum Bern; Bernastrasse; 15; 3005 Bern; Switzerland
Wild Island Foundation; 6A; Mendis Lane; Moratuwa; 10400; Sri Lanka
Naturhistorisches Museum Bern; Bernastrasse; 15; 3005 Bern; Switzerland
Pisces Teleostei Muraenidae Gymnothorax polyuranodon

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