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Reproductive biology of hermaphroditic fish species
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Ian Potter |
Alex Hesp, David Fairclough and Matt Pember |
Key research
- David Fairclough - The reproductive biology, and implications
of hermaphroditism on four species of tuskfish (Labridae) in Shark Bay,
including the recreationally and commercially very important baldchin
groper Choerodon rubescens.
- Alex Hesp – The reproductive biology, and implications of
hermaphroditism on the western yellowfin bream Acanthopagrus latus
and the tarwhine Rhabdosargus sarba in Shark Bay and in the Swan
River Estuary and nearby coastal waters, which lie much further south.
- Matt Pember and Glen Young – The reproductive biology,
and implications of hermaphroditism on cods (Serranidae) and threadfin
salmon (Polynemidae) in the Pilbara region.
Main funding bodies
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Department of Fisheries Western
Australia
Strategic Research Fund for the Marine
Environment
Related publications
| Hesp, S.A. and Potter, I.C. 2003. Reproductive biology of the tarwhine
Rhabdosargus sarba (Sparidae) in Western Australian waters, in
which it is a rudimentary hermaphrodite. Journal of the Marine Biological
Association of the United Kingdom 83, 1333-1346. |
| Hesp, S.A., Potter, I.C. and Hall, N.G. 2004. Reproductive biology and
protandrous hermaphroditism in Acanthopagrus latus. Env. Biol.
Fish. 70, 257-272. |
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