Sexual difference in buccal morphology of the paternal mouthbrooding cardinalfish Apogon doederleini

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 801-807

  Okuda, Noboru ^a   Miyazaki, Mayu ^a   Yanagisawa, Yasunobu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apogonidae; Functional morphology; Mouthbrooding; Osteology; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISH; HISTOLOGY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MOUTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MOUTH; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; APOGON; APOGON DOEDERLEINI; APOGONIDAE;

EID: 0036629861     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.801     Document Type: Article

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