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THE Panama Canal (Fig. 1) represents a potential pathway for the interoceanic dispersal of marine fishes. The fresh waters of Lakes Gatun and Miraflores have, however, effectively maintained the isolation of all but a few of the marine shore fishes which are found on both coasts of the isthmus, those species which are able to cross this barrier are not known to breed on the opposite coast1.
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RUBINOFF, R., RUBINOFF, I. Interoceanic Colonization of a Marine Goby through the Panama Canal. Nature 217, 476–478 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217476a0
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