Annual reproductive cycle and sexual dimorphism in the dragonet, Repomucenus valenciennei, in Tokyo Bay, Japan

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-164

  Ikejima, Kou ^a   Shimizu, Makoto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annual reproductive cycle; Repomucenus valenciennei; Sexual dimorphism; Tokyo Bay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032408185     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02678558     Document Type: Article

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