| Main Ref. | Riehl, R. and H.A. Baensch, 1991 |
| Mode | dioecism |
| Fertilization | external |
| Mating type | |
| Spawning frequency | |
| Spawning aggregation | Ref. |
| Batch spawner | Yes. Ref. Iwamatsu, T., H. Kobayashi, Y. Shibata, M. Sato, N. Tsuji and K. Takakura, 2007 |
| Reproductive guild |
bearers external brooders |
| Parental Care | maternal |
| Description of life cycle and mating behavior | Oviparous (Ref. 84729). Spawned eggs hung from the urogenital pore by attaching filaments on the chorion in the vegetal region. This batch of eggs lie in a belly concavity until hatching (Ref. 84729). |
| Search for more references on reproduction | Scirus |
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