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Could the elongate yellow-orange nostrils of Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844 function as fishing lures?

D TweddleSouth African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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PH SkeltonSouth African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South Africa
Pages 495-497 | Received 17 Jun 2016, Published online: 17 Nov 2016

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