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000032  Randall, J.E.,1968 Caribbean reef fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., The British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. 318 p. 20
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005521  Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin,1993 Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. 38
005951  Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott,1988 Atlantic fishes of Canada. Can. Bull. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 219:731 p. 73-74
005969  Kotlyar, A.N.,1984 Dictionary of names of marine fishes on the six languages. All Union Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, Moscow. 288 p. 27
006466  Lee, D.S., C.R. Gilbert, C.H. Hocutt, R.E. Jenkins, D.E. McAllister and J.R. Stauffer,1980 Atlas of North American freshwater fishes. North Carolina State Museum of Natural History. 867 p. 57
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009975  Crabtree, R.E., E.C. Cyr and J.M. Dean,1995 Age and growth of tarpoon, Megalops atlanticus, from south Florida waters. Fish. Bull. 93:619-628.
009976  Ferreira de Menezes, M. and M. dos Santos Pinto,1966 Notes on the biology of tarpon, Tarpon atlanticus (Cuvier and Valenciennes), from coastal waters of Ceará, Santa Fé, Brazil. Arq. Ciênc. Mar. 6(1):83-98.
010870  Crabtree, R.E., E.C. Cyr, R.E. Bishop, L.M. Falkenstain and J.M. Dean,1992 Age and growth of tarpon, Megalops atlanticus, larvae in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, with notes on relative abundance and probable spawning areas. Environ. Biol. Fishes 35(4):361-370.
010871  Smith, D.G.,1980 Early larvae of the tarpon, Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes (Pisces: Elopidae), with notes on spawning in the Gulf of Mexico and the Yucatan Channel. Bull. Mar. Sci. 30(1):136-141.
011225  Kenny, J.S.,1995 Views from the bridge: a memoir on the freshwater fishes of Trinidad. Julian S. Kenny, Maracas, St. Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago. 98 p. 43
011824  Claro, R. and J.P. García-Arteaga,1994 Crecimiento. p.321-402. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanologia Academia de Ciencias de Cuba and Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo (CIQRO), México.
013442  Randall, J.E.,1996 Caribbean reef fishes. Third Edition - revised and enlarged. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Hong Kong. 3nd ed. 368 p. 25-26
026282  Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.),1998 Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p.
026338  Sierra, L.M., R. Claro and O.A. Popova,1994 Alimentacion y relaciones tróficas. p. 263-284. In Rodolfo Claro (ed.) Ecología de los Peces Marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanología Academia de Ciencias de Cuba and Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo, Mexico.
026362  Barton, M and C. Wilmhoff,1996 Inland fishes of the Bahamas - new distribution records for exotic and native species from New Providence Island. Bahamas J. Sci. 3(2):7-11. 9
026409  García-Cagide, A., R. Claro and B.V. Koshelev,1994 Reproducción. p. 187-262. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Inst. Oceanol. Acad. Cienc. Cuba. and Cen. Invest. Quintana Roo (CIQRO) México.
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026840  Jacobs, N.D.,1998 Assessment and analysis of the fisheries sector and marine coastal areas. Belize National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (UNDP/GEF-Project No. BZE/97/G31). ann.I
026938  Smith, C.L.,1997 National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. 302
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027549  Murdy, E.O., R.S. Birdsong and J.A. Musick,1997 Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London. 324 p. 60
027620  Silva, M.,1994 Especies identificadas en las pesquerias costeras artesanales del Suroeste de la Republica Dominica. Reportes del Propescar-Sur: contribuciones al conocimiento de las pesquerías en la República Dominicana. Vol. 1, 47p. 01-9
030498  Titiati, E.K.,1970 Some common names of fresh-water fishes of Ghana in Latin, English, Ewe and Ga-adangbe. Manuscript Fisheries Dept., Volta Lake Research Project, 5 p. 3
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030556  Diaw, A.A.,1976 Un vocabulaire Wolof de la faune au Sénégal. Les Langues Nationales au Senegal no. 67. Centre de Linguistique Appliquee de Dakar. 22
031402  Swedish Museum of Natural History,1999 Fish collection database of the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Swedish Museum of Natural History). Ichthyology Section, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden.
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033407  Ramjohn, D.D.,1999 Checklist of coastal and marine fishes of Trinidad and Tobago. Marine Fishery Analysis Unit, Fisheries Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources, Trinidad and Tobago. Fisheries Information Series 8, 151 p.
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035205  Zaneveld, J.S.,1983 Caribbean Fish Life. Index to the local and scientific names of the marine fishes and fishlike invertebrates of the Caribbean area (Tropical Western Central Atlantic Ocean). E.J. Brill / Dr. W. Backhuys, Leiden, 163p. 14
036613  Ramjohn, D.D.,2000 Trinidad and Tobago marine species. An annotated and illustrated guide. Fisheries Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources, Trinidad and Tobago. 82 p. 38
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