Courtship and spawning behavior in the California sheephead, Semicossyphus pulcher (Pisces: Labridae)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-19

  Adreani, Mia S ^a   Erisman, Brad E ^a   Warner, Robert R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

kelp forest fishes; protogyny; reproductive behavior; size advantage hypothesis; wrasses

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; PERCIFORM; SIZE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPAWNING;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CATALINA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANISOTREMUS TAENIATUS; AVES; LABRIDAE; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; SEMICOSSYPHUS PULCHER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 5444236489     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000043177.98895.f7     Document Type: Article

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