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Histological notes on protogynous hermaphroditism in the spinycheek grouper, Epinephelus diacanthus (Valenciennes, 1828)

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Title Histological notes on protogynous hermaphroditism in the spinycheek grouper, Epinephelus diacanthus (Valenciennes, 1828)
 
Creator Rao, A Chandrasekhara
Krishnan, L
 
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Description Histological studies on the gonads of Epinephelus diacanthus collected off Quilon and Ratnagiri west coast
of India, revealed protogynous hermaphroditism and the presence of seven transitional stages. The transitional
gonads were found to be intermixed with the spermatogonia and spermatocytes within the ovarian
lamellae. The smallest size of the transitional E. diacanthus was 27.5 cm total length and the largest was
31.4 cm TL. The weight range was 362-430 g. Histologically recognized transitional E. diacanthus showed
size related variations from the two geographically different regions
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 2007
 
Type Article
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Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2150/1/Rao_243-245.pdf
Rao, A Chandrasekhara and Krishnan, L (2007) Histological notes on protogynous hermaphroditism in the spinycheek grouper, Epinephelus diacanthus (Valenciennes, 1828). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 49 (2). pp. 243-245.