Gonad structure and reproductive cycle in the deep-sea hermaphrodite tripodfish, Bathypterois mediterraneus (Chlorophthalmidae, Teleostei)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2001, Pages 556-560

  Fishelson, Lev ^a   Galil, Bella S ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

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BATHYPTEROIS MEDITERRANEUS;

EID: 0035339645     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0556:GSARCI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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