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. 2017 Mar;90(3):1149-1152.
doi: 10.1111/jfb.13254. Epub 2017 Jan 18.

Hermaphroditism in the dash-and-dot goatfish Parupeneus barberinus

K Longenecker  1 , R Langston  1   2 , M Crane  3
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Hermaphroditism in the dash-and-dot goatfish Parupeneus barberinus

K Longenecker et al. J Fish Biol. 2017 Mar.

Abstract

Presence of bisexual individuals and a sex-specific bimodal size distribution are suggestive of protogyny in the dash-and-dot goatfish Parupeneus barberinus, but the most parsimonious interpretation of histological analysis is juvenile hermaphroditism. This is the first report of hermaphroditism in the Mullidae.

Keywords: Mullidae; Papua New Guinea; histology; immature bisexual.

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