Population growth, trophic level, and reproductive biology of two congeneric archer fishes (Toxotes chatareus, Hamilton 1822 and Toxotes jaculatrix, Pallas 1767) inhabiting Malaysian coastal waters

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 902-911

  Simon, K D ^a   Bakar, Y ^a   Samat, A ^a   Zaidi, C C ^a   Aziz, A ^b   Mazlan, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Archer fish; Estuary; Growth; Mangrove; Predator; Reproduction; Toxotidae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; FERTILITY; FISH; GROWTH RATE; MALAYSIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOTES CHATAREUS; TOXOTES JACULATRIX; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION SCIENCES; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; MALAYSIA; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PISCES; SESARMA BIDENS; TOXOTES CHATAREUS; TOXOTES JACULATRIX; TOXOTIDAE;

EID: 76149124875     PISSN: 16731581     EISSN: 18621783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B0920173     Document Type: Article

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