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Diplodus levantinus (Teleostei: Sparidae), a new species of sea bream from the southeastern
Mediterranean Sea of Israel, with a checklist and a key to the species of the Diplodus sargus species group
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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.
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