Observations of spawning in the Leather Bass, Dermatolepis dermatolepis (Teleostei: Epinephelidae), at Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-20

  Erisman, Brad E ^a   Konotchick, Talina H ^a   Blum, Shmulik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Undersea Hunter Group   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Dermatolepis; Eastern Pacific; Groupers; Leather Bass; Spawning aggregation; Spawning behavior

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; FISH; GAMETE; MATING BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COCOS ISLAND; COSTA RICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

DERMATOLEPIS; DERMATOLEPIS DERMATOLEPIS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 67349142965     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-009-9463-x     Document Type: Article

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