Reproductive biology of three amphidromous gobies, sicyopterusjaponicus, awaous melanocephalus, and stenogobius sp., on okinawa Island

Cybium

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 345-359

  Yamasaki, Nozomi ^a,b   Kondo, Masashi ^a   Maeda, Ken ^a,c   Tachihara, Katsunori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology ^*  (Japan)

^c OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drifting larva; Fecundity; Gobiidae; Larval morphology; Spawning habit; Spawning season

Indexed keywords

AWAOUS; ELEOTRIS; GOBIIDAE; SICYOPTERUS JAPONICUS; STENOGOBIUS;

EID: 84861350464     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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