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Rearing and spawning of the deep-sea fish Malacocottus gibber in the laboratory

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank two anonymous reviewers for their useful comments. We thank the staff at the Nyuzen Deep Seawater Facility and the Uozu Aquarium for their assistance with rearing the fish. We also thank Mr. Yasushi Okajima and Mr. Takayuki Kumagai for their support and insight.

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  1. Marine Biodiversity Research Program, Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, 237-0061, Japan

    Yusuke Tsuruwaka

  2. Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan

    Eriko Shimada

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Tsuruwaka, Y., Shimada, E. Rearing and spawning of the deep-sea fish Malacocottus gibber in the laboratory. Ichthyol Res 58, 188–190 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-010-0200-4

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