Reproduction of Epigonus lifouensis
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Main Ref. Okamoto, M. and H. Motomura, 2013
Mode dioecism
Fertilization external
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Parental Care
Description of life cycle and mating behavior The male holotype has a fully ripe testis and the female paratype with a great number of eggs in several developmental stages. The most developed eggs were ca. 0.4 mm in diameter, round with a single oil globule (Ref. 93890).
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