Reproductive biology of the Panama graysby Cephalopholis panamensis (Teleostei: Epinephelidae)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1312-1328

  Erisman, B E ^a   Craig, M T ^b   Hastings, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Groupers; Protogynous hermaphroditism; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BASS; FEMALE; GONAD; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEXICO; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BASS; FEMALE; GONADS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MEXICO; PERIODICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CEPHALOPHOLIS CRUENTATA; CEPHALOPHOLIS PANAMENSIS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77953578264     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02567.x     Document Type: Article

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