Sneaking by harem masters of the sandperch, Parapercis snyderi

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-223

  Ohnishi, Nobuhiro ^a   Yanagisawa, Yasunobu ^b   Kohda, Masanori ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative style; Haremic mating system; Pair spawning; Polygyny; Protogyny

Indexed keywords

HAREM; HAREMS; HERMAPHRODITISM; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR; SANDPERCH; SNEAKING;

JAPAN, SHIKOKU;

JUNCUS; PARAPERCIS; PARAPERCIS SNYDERI;

EID: 0030823997     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007353309235     Document Type: Article

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