Large schools of Japanese sardines, Sardinops melanostictus, mate in single pair units at night

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 405-409

  Shiraishi, Manabu ^a   Azuma, Nobuyuki ^b   Aoki, Ichiro ^b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mating system; Sardine; Spawning behavior

Indexed keywords

SARDINOPS MELANOSTICTUS;

JAPANESE SARDINE; MATING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR; SCHOOLS; SINGLE PAIR UNITS; SPAWNING;

EID: 0029667829     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00002533     Document Type: Article

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