RARE DATA ON A ROCKY SHORE FISH REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY: SEX RATIO, LENGTH OF FIRST MATURATION AND SPAWNING PERIOD OF ABUDEFDUF SAXATILIS (LINNAEUS, 1758) WITH NOTES ON STEGASTES VARIABILIS SPAWNING PERIOD (PERCIFORMES: POMACENTRIDAE) IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL

Brazilian Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-206

  Bessa, Eduardo ^a   Dias, June Ferraz ^a   de Souza, Ana Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Damselfish; Pomacentrid; Reproduction; Reproductive period; Sergeant major; S o Sebasti o; Visual census

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449617715     PISSN: 16798759     EISSN: 1982436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-87592007000300004     Document Type: Article

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