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Sexing fish by palpation: a simple method for gonadal assessment of fluvial salmonids
Author(s) -
Kano Y.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00706.x
Subject(s) - sexing , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , fluvial , gonad , fishery , zoology , taxon , ecology , anatomy , paleontology , structural basin
This paper presents a non‐destructive sexing method that can be employed in fluvial salmonids and presumably some other taxa of fish. The sex of a fish is identified and assessed by indirectly palpating the gonad.