Aspects of the reproductive biology of the concha wrasse, Nelabrichthyes ornatus , at Tristan da Cunha

• Published in: Environmental Biology of Fishes
• Main Authors: Andrew, TG, Buxton, CD, Hecht, T
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996
• Subjects: Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences; Fisheries Sciences; Fisheries Sciences not elsewhere classified; Tristan; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://www.springerlink.com; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005215; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/48464

The reproductive biology of the concha wrasse, Nelabrichthys ornatus, at Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean is described. Histological evidence shows that the species is a monandric protogynous hermaphrodite. N. ornatus displays full permanent sexual dichromatism with all males occurring i...