Japanese Journal of Ichthyology
Online ISSN : 1884-7374
Print ISSN : 0021-5090
ISSN-L : 0021-5090
A Hermaphroditic Specimen of Mackerel Scomber japonicas from the Japan Sea
Muneo OkiyamaTetsuo Kawaguchi
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1974 Volume 21 Issue 3 Pages 168

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Abstract
A hermaphroditic specimen of mackerel, Scomber japonicus, measuring 35cm in fork length, was collected from off San'in district, the Japan Sea. Its gonad was described with illustration and compared with the known hermaphroditic case in the same species.Histological observation revealed that both testis and ovary might have been functional in this specimen with clear protandric trend.
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