Reproductive and sexual characteristics in the Pacific yellowtail emperor, Lethrinus atkinsoni, in waters off the Ryukyu Islands

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 341-358

  Ebisawa, Akihiko ^a  

^a Okinawa Pref Fish Exp Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Batch fecundity; Hermaphroditism; Lethrinidae; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

LETHRINIDAE; LETHRINUS ATKINSONI; LETHRINUS CROCINEUS; RYUKYU;

EID: 0033275777     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02673977     Document Type: Article

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