Semi-lunar spawning cycle and mating tactics in the marine goby Asterropteryx semipunctata

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-95

  Manabe, Hisaya ^a,b   Hagiwara, Kazutaka ^b   Yonemori, Akemi ^b   Fujiwara, Keiichi ^b   Shinomiya, Akihiko ^b  

^a Kagoshima University ^*  (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative mating tactic; Gobiidae; Polygamy; Reproductive behaviors; Semi lunar cycle

Indexed keywords

ASTERROPTERYX; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIIDAE;

EID: 59149106415     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-008-0056-z     Document Type: Article

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