Two spawning seasons and mating system of the bastard halibut, Tarphops oligolepis

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 421-424

  Manabe, Hisaya ^a   Shinomiya, Akihiko ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mating system; Paralichthyidae; Reproductive cycle; Spawning; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035732196     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-001-8167-9     Document Type: Article

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