Testicular structure and spawning cycle in the silvery croaker, Otolithes ruber (Perciformes: Sciaenidae) in the Kuwaiti waters of the Arabian Gulf

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-268

  Dadzie, Stephen ^a   Abou Seedo, Fadwa ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Kuwait; Otolithes ruber; Spawning; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

PERCIFORMES; SCIAENIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 5444271240     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-004-0228-4     Document Type: Article

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