Otoliths of Caspian gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae): Morphological diversity and phylogenetic implications

• Fatah Zarei,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5552-4301

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• Hamid Reza Esmaeili ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hresmaeili@shirazu.ac.ir

  Affiliation Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9736-397X

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• Carol A. Stepien,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States of America

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• Marcelo Kovačić,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Natural History Museum Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia

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• Keyvan Abbasi

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Inland Waters Aquaculture Research Center, Iranian Fisheries Sciences Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Bandar Anzali, Iran

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