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Termination of parental care due to small clutch size in the temperate damselfish, Chromis notata

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Reproductive behavior of the temperate damselfish, Chromis notata, was investigated on the island of Mukaishima, Japan, almost daily during the breeding season in 1982. Both males and females repeated reproductive cycles many times during the breeding season. Females had a strong tendency to spawn a whole clutch on one nest during a few hours. The average number of eggs which a male gained per reproductive cycle was estimated at 38560 (480–131100 eggs). Males ordinarily cared for eggs until just prior to hatching, but abandoned more than half of the nests with the eggs numbering less than 11568.

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    Haruki Ochi

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Ochi, H. Termination of parental care due to small clutch size in the temperate damselfish, Chromis notata . Environ Biol Fish 12, 155–160 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00002768

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