Annual Changes in Oocyte Development and Serum Vitellogenin Level in the Rabbitfish Siganus canaliculatus (Park) in Okinawa, Southern Japan

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 44-51

  Monzurul Hoque, Md ^a,b   Takemura, Akihiro ^a   Takano, Kazunori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Histology; Okinawa; Ovary; Rabbitfish; Reproductive cycle; Siganus canaliculatus; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

CHIMAERA MONSTROSA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SIGANUS CANALICULATUS;

EID: 0345917649     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.44     Document Type: Article

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