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Science 23 January 1959:
Vol. 129. no. 3343, pp. 215 - 216
DOI: 10.1126/science.129.3343.215
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Functional Hermaphroditism and Self-fertilization in a Serranid Fish

EUGENIE CLARK 1

1 Cape Haze Marine Laboratory, Placida, Florida

Each mature individual of Serranellus subligarius, regardless of size, has at the same time both motile sperm and eggs. Embryos and larvae were produced from artificial fertilizations and from isolated fish kept in aquaria. Mating behavior of pairs and groups of hermaphrodites shows two types of behavioral patterns involving different color changes.

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