Reproduction of Cheimerius nufar
Document source: http://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=444&GenusName=Cheimerius&SpeciesName=nufar&fc=330&StockCode=458
 
Main Ref. Garratt, P.A., 1991
Mode dioecism
Fertilization external
Mating type
Spawning frequency one clear seasonal peak per year
Spawning aggregation Ref.  
Batch spawner Yes.   Ref.  
Reproductive guild nonguarders
open water/substratum egg scatterers
Parental Care none
Description of life cycle and mating behavior Also reported as a 'rudimentary hermaphrodite' or 'late gonochorist' where individuals posses an immature intersexual gonad but mature as either male or female fish with no eveidence of sexual reversal (Ref. 28504).
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