A description of gametogenesis in the panga Pterogymnus laniarius (Pisces: Sparidae) with comments on changes in maturity patterns over the past two decades

African Zoology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 49-53

  Booth, A J ^a   Hecht, T ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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