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Monogramous mating and conventional sex roles inHippichthys penicillus (Syngnathidae) under laboratory conditions

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  1. Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 1-15-1 Minamidai, Nakano-ku, 164, Tokyo, Japan

    Satoshi Watanabe, Yoshiro Watanabe & Muneo Okiyama

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Watanabe, S., Watanabe, Y. & Okiyama, M. Monogramous mating and conventional sex roles inHippichthys penicillus (Syngnathidae) under laboratory conditions. Ichthyological Research 44, 306–310 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02678710

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