caa a22 4500 477116167 CHVBK 20180405111623.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00002533 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00002533 Large schools of Japanese sardines, Sardinops melanostictus , mate in single pair units at night [Elektronische Daten] [Manabu Shiraishi, Nobuyuki Azuma, Ichiro Aoki] Synopsis: We observed the behavior of the spawning group of Japanese sardine,Sardinops melanostictus, in the field at night, and also confirmed the spawning behavior in the darkness in captivity. The chasing and mating were done in a pair of 1 male and 1 female. The 1-to-1 mating was a definite finding irrespective of the group density in the field, the density in the tank in captivity, or the sex ratio. This maybe because there is little visual information during spawning at night. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996 Spawning behavior nationallicence Mating system nationallicence Sardine nationallicence Shiraishi Manabu National Research Institute of Aquaculture, 516-01, Nansei, Watarai, Mie, Japan aut Azuma Nobuyuki Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 164, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan aut Aoki Ichiro Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 164, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan aut Environmental Biology of Fishes Kluwer Academic Publishers 45/4(1996-04-01), 405-409 0378-1909 45:4<405 1996 45 10641 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00002533 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00002533 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shiraishi Manabu National Research Institute of Aquaculture, 516-01, Nansei, Watarai, Mie, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Azuma Nobuyuki Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 164, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aoki Ichiro Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 164, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Biology of Fishes Kluwer Academic Publishers 45/4(1996-04-01), 405-409 0378-1909 45:4<405 1996 45 10641 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer