Spawning behavior and haremic mating system in the corallivorous butterflyfish, Chaetodon trifascialis, at Kuroshima Island, Okinawa

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-188

  Yabuta, Shinji ^a   Kawashima, Miki ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chaetodon; Coral reef fish; Polygyny; Spawning; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CHAETODON; CHAETODON TRIFASCIALIS; CHAETODONTIDAE; PANTODONTIDAE;

EID: 0031586936     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02678696     Document Type: Article

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