Reproductive biology, species status and taxonomic relationships of four recently discovered galaxiid fishes in a New Zealand river

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1247-1261

  Allibone, R M ^a,b   Townsend, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Galaxias; Gonadosomatic index; Reproductive investment; Spawning

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPAWNING; TAXONOMY;

NEW ZELAND, SOUTH ISLAND, TAIERI RIVER;

GALACIAS DEPRESSICEPS; GALAXIAS ANOMALIS; GALAXIAS ELDONI; GALAXIAS VULGARIS;

EID: 0031426364     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1997.0523     Document Type: Article

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