User:Aml1251/Ribbon eel/Bibliography

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Wang, Feng Yu; Tang, Meng Yun; Yan, Hong Young (2011). "A comparative study on the visual adaptations of four species of moray eel". Vision Research. 51 (9): 1099–1108. doi:10.1016/j.visres.2011.02.025. ISSN 0042-6989.
- This source added to general information about ribbon eels. Information about their habits, development, and taxonomy can be found within it.
Fishelson, L. (1990-06-01). "Rhinomuraena spp. (Pisces: Muraenidae): The first vertebrate genus with post-anally situated urogenital organs". Marine Biology. 105 (2): 253–257. doi:10.1007/BF01344294. ISSN 1432-1793
- Added information to the taxonomy section - explained basically why they were put into their own genus.
Miller, M. J.; Wouthuyzen, S.; Aoyama, J.; Sugeha, H. Y.; Watanabe, S.; Kuroki, M.; Syahailatua, A.; Suharti, S.; Hagihara, S.; Tantu, F. Y.; Trianto; Otake, T.; Tsukamoto, K. (2021). "Will the High Biodiversity of Eels in the Coral Triangle be Affected by Climate Change?". IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 789 (1): 012011. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/789/1/012011. ISSN 1755-1315.
- Added to the environmental impact section. Very credible source.
Pfaff, Cathrin; Zorzin, Roberto; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016-08-11). "Evolution of the locomotory system in eels (Teleostei: Elopomorpha)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16 (1): 159. doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0728-7. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 4981956. PMID 27514517
- Credible source about ribbon eels. Helped develop a better understanding of development of the eels.
Randall, John E.; Allen, Gerald R.; Steene, Roger, eds. (1990). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. A CHP book. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1346-8.
- Found through one of the unreliable sources in its own references section. Followed it all until I was able to review the source and establish its credible (oldie but a goodie).
Lieske, Ewald; Myers, Robert F. (1999). Coral reef fishes: Caribbean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean including the Red Sea. Princeton (N.J.): Princeton university press. ISBN 978-0-691-00481-5.
- Also found through a source used in the original article - provided great information about where to find ribbon eels.
Nezhukumatathil, Aimee (2020). World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments. Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions. pp. 123–125. ISBN 978-1571313652
- explains what happens to ribbon eels in captivity. Livrary book.
De Mitcheson, Yvonne Sadovy; Liu, Min (2008). "Functional hermaphroditism in teleosts". Fish and Fisheries. 9 (1): 1–43. doi:10.1111/j.1467-2979.2007.00266.x. ISSN 1467-2960
- credible source used to replace a unreliable source explaining the sex-changing nature of the eels
Miller, Michael J.; Rutgers, Rob; Haythorne, Barry; Yavuzdoğan, Tunç; Obata, Seishoku; Wu, Tony; Rutgers, Henny; Powell, Jerry; Tsukamoto, Katsumi (2013). "Observations of large muraenid leptocephali in coastal Indonesia: locations of sightings and behaviour of the larvae". Marine Biodiversity Records. 6. doi:10.1017/S1755267213000079. ISSN 1755-2672.
- new credible source explaining where ribbon eels can be found and what their larvae potentially look like

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