OBSERVATIONS OF THE COPULATORY-BEHAVIOR OF THE OCEAN POUT, MACROZOARCES-AMERICANUS

Authors
MERCER S BROWN GE CLEARWATER S YAO ZX
Citation
S. Mercer et al., OBSERVATIONS OF THE COPULATORY-BEHAVIOR OF THE OCEAN POUT, MACROZOARCES-AMERICANUS, Canadian field-naturalist, 107(2), 1993, pp. 243-245
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology
Journal title
Canadian field-naturalist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00083550
Volume
107
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
243 - 245
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-3550(1993)107:2<243:OOTCOT>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The Ocean Pout (Macrozoarces americanus) is a common species of eelpou t found off the coast of Newfoundland. It has previously been suggeste d that the Ocean Pout is an internally fertilizing species but no dire ct observations of this have been reported. What is thought to be the first observation of the copulatory behaviour of mature Ocean Pout in the wild is described here. Similar behaviour was videotaped under lab oratory conditions.