Caracterización taxonómica de la población del pez león <em>Pterois volitans<em> (Linnaeus 1758) (Scorpaenidae) residente en el Caribe colombiano: merística y morfometría

Invasive species are the second main cause of extinction after habitat loss. Lionfish, Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758), was seen by the first time in southern Florida in 1985. Since 2000 it has dispersed and established in the eastern coast of the United States and in Bermuda and Bahamas; since 200...

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Main Authors: Juan David González-C., Arturo Acero P., Alba Serrat-LL., Ricardo Betancur-R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt 2011-12-01
Series:Biota Colombiana
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Online Access:http://revistas.humboldt.org.co/index.php/biota/article/view/248