Reproductive biology of a bathyal hermaphrodite fish, bathypterois mediterraneus (Osteichthyes: Ipnopidae) from the south-eastern sardinian sea (Central-Western Mediterranean)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 719-728

  Porcu, Cristina ^a   Follesa, Maria Cristina ^a   Grazioli, Eleonora ^a   Deiana, Anna Maria ^a   Cau, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bathypterois; Central western Mediterranean; Deep sea; Hermaphroditism; Histology; Mediterraneus; Reproduction; Sardinian Sea; Size of maturity

Indexed keywords

BATHYAL ZONE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; DEEP SEA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERMAPHRODITE; HISTOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SIZE AT MATURITY; SPAWNING; TELEOST; TRAWLING;

BATHYPTEROIS; BATHYPTEROIS MEDITERRANEUS; IPNOPIDAE; OSTEICHTHYES;

EID: 77953618282     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409991330     Document Type: Article

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