Reproduction in an invasive exotic catfish Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus in Volusia Blue Spring, Florida, U.S.A.

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1562-1572

  Gibbs, M A ^a   Shields, J H ^a   Lock, D W ^a   Talmadge, K M ^a   Farrell, T M ^a  

^a STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonado somatic index; Loricariid; Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus; Reproductive patterns

Indexed keywords

LORICARIIDAE; PTERYGOPLICHTHYS;

EID: 55949111396     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02031.x     Document Type: Article

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