Reproductive cycle in the male and female grey mullet, Liza klunzingeri in the Kuwaiti waters of the Arabian Gulf

Cybium

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-104

  Abou Seedo, Fadwa ^b   Dadzie, Stephen ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Fecundity; Kuwait; Liza klunzingeri; Maturation patterns; Maturity stages; Mugilidae; Spawning rhythms

Indexed keywords

LIZA; LIZA KLUNZINGERI; MUGILIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4243055972     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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