Sexing blennies using genital papilla morphology or ano-genital distance

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1432-1438

  Ferreira, F ^a   Santos, M M ^a   Reis Henriques, M A ^a   Vieira, N M ^a,b   Monteiro, N M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Blenniidae; Breeding season; Coryphoblennius galerita; Lipophrys pholis; Lipophrys trigloides

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PERCIFORMES; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA; MALE; PERCIFORMES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952199953     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02744.x     Document Type: Article

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