Reproduction of the blue-spotted maskray Neotrygon kuhlii (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) in south-east Queensland, Australia

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1291-1308

  Pierce, S J ^a   Pardo, S A ^a   Bennett, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chondrichthyes; Dasyatis; Sexual segregation; Stingray; Tag recapture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ELECTRIC FISH; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIVIPARITY; SKATES (FISH);

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; QUEENSLAND; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SKATES (FISH); VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

CHONDRICHTHYES; DASYATIDAE; DASYATIS; MYLIOBATOIDEI;

EID: 64249153807     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02202.x     Document Type: Article

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