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Description of two new species of sandlances, genus Bleekeria (Perciformes, Ammodytidae) from the Andaman Sea (northeastern Indian Ocean)









PSOMADAKIS, P.N., YOSHINAGA, T., WAH, Z.Z. and IDA, H., Description of two new species of sandlances, genus Bleekeria (Perciformes, Ammodytidae) from the Andaman Sea (northeastern Indian Ocean). Zootaxa, 4903(3), pp.419-429. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4903.3.7


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