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Hermaphroditism and Mating Systems in Fish
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By Tetsuo Kuwamura (Editor), Kota Sawada (Editor), Tomoki Sunobe (Editor), Yoichi Sakai (Editor), Tatsuru Kadota (Editor)
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This book provides a comprehensive review of hermaphroditism in fishes. It focuses on the behavioral ecology of functional hermaphroditism in fishes and discusses its evolution.
Approximately 99% of all vertebrate species consist of separatesex individuals (gonochorists), i.e., pure males and pure females. The other 1% of vertebrate species are hermaphroditic, and almost all of them are fishes. Among hermaphroditic fishes, four major types of hermaphroditism are known: simultaneous (or sy...