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- ray finned fish they are called gonopodia or andropodia, and in cartilaginous fish they are called claspers. Gonopodia are found on the males of some species...
- viviparity in the form of embryos that are preserved in females, and gonopodia in males. This is the earliest case of a viviparous ray-finned fish. Saurichthys...
- or andropodiums, and in cartilaginous fish they are called claspers. Gonopodia are found on the males of some species in the Anablepidae and Poeciliidae...
- genus Neoheterandria and fish of the genus Xenophallus, whose males have gonopodia that project either to the right or to the left. Unlike some male livebearer...
- where they develop in safety. However, only Starksia species possess gonopodia (modified anal fins used as a co****tory organ). Some workers have found...
- parents. They feed ravenously and grow quickly. Males start developing gonopodia at about 7 w****s of age, while females start reproducing at 10 to 12 w****s...
- Chambers, J. (1987). "The cyprinodontiform gonopodium, with an atlas of the gonopodia of the fishes of the genus Limia". Journal of Fish Biology. 30 (4): 406...
- more attractive and have more opportunities to mate. Males lack external gonopodia so in order for internal fertilization to occur in the female, they need...