
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Francis, MP 
A1  - Pankhurst, NW 
T1  - Juvenile sex inversion in the New Zealand snapper <I>Chrysophrys auratus</I> (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Sparidae)
JF  - Marine and Freshwater Research
JO  - Mar. Freshwater Res.
Y1  - 1988
VL  - 39
IS  - 5
SP  - 625
EP  - 631
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9880625 
N2  - Gonads from snapper of age classes 0+ to 10+ years sampled from the north-east coast of New Zealand were examined histologically for evidence of sex inversion. All 0+ fish were undifferentiated, and all 1 + fish were immature females. 2+ to 4+ fish had gonads that were either ovary, ovo-testis or testis. Older fish were either male or female. Snapper reach sexual maturity at ages of 2-5 years, so the developmental pattern is one of juvenile sex inversion by some of the population, and functional gonochorism. 
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