Ultrastructural observations of euspermatozoa and paraspermatozoa in a copulatory cottoid fish Blepsias cirrhosus

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1530-1539

  Hayakawa, Y ^a,b   Munehara, H ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cottoid; Dimorphic sperm; Euspermatozoa; Meiotic division; Paraspermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BLEPSIAS CIRRHOSUS; COTTOIDEA;

EID: 3042523201     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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