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A new type of flatfish sexual dimorphism in the sinistral floundermonolene maculipinna (pleuronectiformes: Bothidae)

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  1. Laboratory of Marine Zoology; Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate, 041-8611, Hokkaido, Japan

    Koichi Hoshino & Kunio Amaoka

  2. The Hokkaido University Museum, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate, 041-8611, Hokkaido, Japan

    Hisashi Imamura

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Hoshino, K., Imamura, H. & Amaoka, K. A new type of flatfish sexual dimorphism in the sinistral floundermonolene maculipinna (pleuronectiformes: Bothidae). Ichthyological Research 47, 293–298 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02674253

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