Neotropical Ichthyology ()

A honeymoon in Brazil: the spawning behavior of an exotic reef fish in the western south Atlantic

  • Osmar J Luiz,
  • Ivan Sazima,
  • Luis F Waib,
  • Carlos Eduardo L Ferreira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1679-62252010000200016
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 2
pp. 369 – 371

Abstract

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The reproductive strategies of surgeonfishes of the genus Acanthurus are well known for all Atlantic species except the Monrovia doctorfish, Acanthurus monroviae, an eastern Atlantic surgeonfish whose biology remains largely unknown. We provide here the first account on the spawning behavior of A. monroviae, an exotic fish on rocky reefs of southeastern Brazilian coast.

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