Pre-oviposition ejaculation in externally fertilizing fish: How sneaker male rose bitterlings contrive to mate

Ethology

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 883-899

  Kanoh, Yoshihiko ^a,b  

^a OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Section of Biology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATING BEHAVIOUR; PRE-OVIPOSITION EJACULATION; ROSE BITTERLING; SNEAKER MALE; TERRITORIAL MALE;

JAPAN, HONSHU, YAO;

RHODEUS OCELLATUS;

EID: 0030302701     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1996.tb01169.x     Document Type: Article

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