Reproductive behaviour of the black-striped pipefish Syngnathus abaster (Pisces; Syngnathidae)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1860-1869

  Silva, K ^a,b   Monteiro, N M ^b,c   Vieira, M N ^a,b   Almada, V C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Courtship; Reproduction; Sex role reversal; Syngnathidae; Syngnathus abaster

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; ROLE REVERSAL; SEX ROLE; TELEOST;

PISCES; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHUS ABASTER;

EID: 33845658718     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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