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Discovery of a larva of the Aracanidae (Actinopterygii, Tetraodontiformes) from New Zealand

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Acknowledgments

We thank Crispin Middleton and Dave Abbott for taking excellent photographs of the larva of Kentrocapros.

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  1. Division of Fishes, National Museum of Nature and Science, 4-1-1 Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0005, Japan

    Keiichi Matsuura

  2. Biosecurity Officer-Aquatic, Northland Regional Council, Te Kaunihera A Rohe O Te Taitokerau, 36 Water Street, Whāngārei, 0148, New Zealand

    Irene Middleton

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Matsuura, K., Middleton, I. Discovery of a larva of the Aracanidae (Actinopterygii, Tetraodontiformes) from New Zealand. Ichthyol Res 64, 151–154 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-016-0533-8

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