Reproductive behavior and spawning success of female Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster (Pisces: Pomacentridae) from the Red Sea

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-60

  Goulet, Denis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Damselfish; Mating; Within nest egg laying pattern

Indexed keywords

REEF FISH; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR; SPAWNING SUCCESS; WHITEBELLY DAMSELFISH;

RED SEA, GULF OF AQUABA;

AMBLYGLYPHIDODON LEUCOGASTER; CHROMIS CHROMIS; LEUCOGASTER; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 0030928776     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007350601234     Document Type: Article

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