| Ref. principal | Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen, 1966 |
| Modo | dioecism |
| Fertilização | in brood pouch or similar structure |
| Mating type | |
| Frequência de desova | |
| Spawning aggregation | Ref. |
| Desova em lotes | Yes. Ref. Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen, 1966 |
| Grupo reprodutivo |
bearers external brooders |
| Parental Care | paternal |
| Descrição do ciclo de vida e do comportamento reprodutor | Ovoviviparous; reproducing on average 3 times each year (Ref. 89328). Several females depositing partial clutches to a male’s brood pouch under the tail (Refs. 205, 31201). Up to 400 eggs may be found in a single pouch (Ref. 89329). Brooding males occur mainly between May and July (Refs. 31201, 58137). During the breeding season, both males and females were observed to remain low amongst the seagrass in one meadow (Ref. 31201). Gestation period lasts about 5 weeks and size at birth is 1.7- 3.5 cm (Refs. 58137, 88187, 89330). Aquarium experiments have shown that new born young are benthic, remaining close to the bottom Ref. 89330). |
| Procurar por mais referências sobre reprodução | Scirus |