Reproductive behaviour of Japanese tubesnout, Aulichthys japonicus (Gasterosteiformes), in the natural habitat compared with relatives

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 353-361

  Akagawa, Izumi ^a   Iwamoto, Toshitaka ^b   Watanabe, Satoshi ^c   Okiyama, Muneo ^d  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c Fisheries Research and Education Agency   (Japan)

^d Teikokushoin Bldg 5F   (Japan)

Author keywords

ascidians; courtship; parental care; spawning substrate; sticklebacks

Indexed keywords

ICHTHYOFAUNA; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING GROUND; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; TERRITORIALITY;

ABURATSUBO INLET; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; KANAGAWA; KANTO; OTSUCHI BAY; TOHOKU;

ALGAE; ASCIDIACEA; AULICHTHYS JAPONICUS; AULORHYNCHUS FLAVIDUS; GASTEROSTEIFORMES; HYPOPTYCHUS DYBOWSKII; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3943076613     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000035431.49195.13     Document Type: Article

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