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- Title
Promiscuous spawning behaviour of the tropical herring Spratelloides gracilis.
- Authors
Takeuchi, N.; Gushima, K.
- Abstract
Spawning behaviour of the blue sprat Spratelloides gracilis was observed at shallow reefs of Kuchierabu-jima Island, southern Japan. The fish carried out promiscuous spawning behaviour on substrata covered with algal mats mainly in the intertidal region of a shallow inlet. The spawning events occurred only at predawn (20–50 min before sunrise) and daily for c. 25 days from mid-June to mid-July.
- Subjects
JAPAN; SPAWNING; REPRODUCTION; PACIFIC herring fisheries; FISHERIES; FISH reproduction; FISH physiology
- Publication
Journal of Fish Biology, 2006, Vol 68, Issue 1, p310
- ISSN
0022-1112
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.00900.x