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Mating system and hermaphroditism in the gobiid fish,Priolepis cincta, at Kagoshima, Japan

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  1. Natural History Muserum and Institute, Chiba, Aoba-cho, 260-8682, Chiba, Japan

    Tomoki Sunobe

  2. Fisheries Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, 812-0053, Fukuoka, Japan

    Akinobu Nakazono

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Sunobe, T., Nakazono, A. Mating system and hermaphroditism in the gobiid fish,Priolepis cincta, at Kagoshima, Japan. Ichthyological Research 46, 103–105 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02674954

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