Sexual Patterns in the Labroid Fishes of the Western Caribbean, I: The Wrasses (Labridae)
Warner RR and Robertson DR. 1978. Sexual Patterns in the Labroid Fishes of the Western Caribbean, I: The Wrasses (Labridae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 254:1-21
This article explains the phenomena of sexual patterns within Labroid fishes in the Western Caribbean. These fish are unique in that many of them change sex during their adult lives.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Warner, Robert; Robertson, D.
- Units
- SFCN
- Keywords
- Protandry, Protogyny, reproductive advantage, Selection, Sex change