Mating behaviour of the newly-established ornate wrasse Thalassoma pavo (Osteichthyes: Labridae) in the Ligurian Sea (north-western Mediterranean)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 191-196

  Sara, Giampietro ^a   Bianchi, Carlo Nike ^b   Morri, Carla ^b  

^a Università di Genova ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORM; SPAWNING;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; LABRIDAE; OBLADA MELANURA; OSTEICHTHYES; PAVO; THALASSOMA PAVO;

EID: 15944377379     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011057h     Document Type: Article

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