| Referencia principal | Monteiro, N., V.C. Almada, A.M. Santos and M.N. Vieira, 2001 |
| Modo | dioecism |
| Fertilización | in brood pouch or similar structure |
| Mating type | |
| Frecuencia de puesta | one clear seasonal peak per year |
| Spawning aggregation | Referencia |
| Ponedor múltiple | Yes. Referencia Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen, 1966 |
| Gremio reproductivo |
bearers external brooders |
| Parental Care | paternal |
| Descripción del ciclo vital y del comportamiento de acoplamiento | Males brood their offspring attached to their flattened ventral surface. All throughout the gestation period, parental care is strictly paternal. No further care is needed once the newborn juveniles become free-swimming (Ref. 42359). Sex roles are reversed in this species. The females are the courting sex and change color more intensely than the males (Ref. 42363). Unlike in other pipefishes, the courtship ritual takes place in close contact with the substratum which may characterise adaptation to typical intertidal conditions (Ref. 42363). |
| Buscar más referencias de reproducción | Scirus |