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Histological Evidence of Multiple Spawning in Wild Female Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica

  • 1. Fisheries Resources Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-8648, Japan. *Correspondence: E-mail: chow@affrc.go.jp (Chow)
  • 2. Division of Marine Life Science, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611, Japan. E-mail: ijiri@fish.hokudai.ac.jp (Ijiri); h-izumi@hirosaki-u.ac.jp (Izumi)
  • 3. Division of Marine Life Science, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611, Japan. E-mail: ijiri@fish.hokudai.ac.jp (Ijiri); h-izumi@hirosaki-u.ac.jp (Izumi) & Institute for Regional Innovation, Hirosaki University, 2-1-1 Yanagawa, Aomori 038-0012, Japan.
  • 4. Nagasaki Field Station, Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 1551-8 Taira-machi,
  • 5. Amami Field Station, Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 955-5 Sakiyamahara, Setouchi-cho, Oshima-gun, Kagoshima 894-2414, Japan. E-mail: hhiroshi@affrc.go.jp (Hashimoto)
  • 6. Aquaculture Research Institute, Kindai University, 468-3 Uragami, Nachi-katsuura, Higashimuro, Wakayama 649-5145, Japan.
  • 7. Shibushi Field Station, Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 205 Natsui, Shibushi, Kagoshima 899-7101, Japan. E-mail: tjinbo@affrc.go.jp (Jinbo)
  • 8. Tezukayama Gakuin University, 4-2-2, Harumidai, Minami-Ku, Sakai-city, Osaka 590-0113, Japan. E-mail: hiroakis@wish.ocn.ne.jp (Saito)

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Shimizu, Akio, Ijiri, Shigeho, Izumi, Hikari, Gen, Koichiro, Kurogi, Hiroaki, Hashimoto, Hiroshi, Tanaka, Hideki, Jinbo, Tadao, Saito, Hiroaki, Chow, Seinen (2021): Histological Evidence of Multiple Spawning in Wild Female Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica. Zoological Studies 60 (61): 1-13, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2021.60-61, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8055926

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