This book introduces the ecology of fishes by describing the inter-relationships between
fishes and the aquatic habitats they occupy. It can be read in complementary ways. A …

This study provides empirical evidence in a wild population for frequency-dependent sexual
selection between alternative male reproductive strategies. The bluegill sunfish (Lepomis …

The stoplight parrotfish, Sparisoma viride, changes sex from female to male. In most cases,
sex change is accompanied by dramatic change in coloration, from the female-like “initial …

Social structure, growth and reproductive experience of a protandrous anemonefish, Amphi
prion frenatus, were investigated on a coral reef in Okinawa, Japan. In a 67m•~ 334m study …

In diandric sex‐reversing fishes, sexually active males and females (primary phase)
regularly transform into an alternative reproductive morph, terminal‐phase males, that are …

Species with multiple male reproductive phenotypes may serve as model systems to study
the relationship between form and function in reproduction. Large and small males of the …

The process of gonadal sex differentiation in Amphiprion clarkii was investigated for 2 years
at Murote Beach, Shikoku Island, Japan. Six color phases were discriminated on the basis of …

Social structure and behavioural mechanisms enabling sympatry in three species of
predatory fish in the Gulf of Aqaba (Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål), Cephalopholis argus …

Fertilization rates were estimated for natural spawns in the tropical wrasse, Halichoeres
bivattatus. Fertilization rate averaged 88%, but varied with both sea conditions and with the …

The aim of the present study is to determine the factor balancing the reproductive
polymorphism obSérved in Thalassoma pavo, a Méditerranean labrid fish that shows two …