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On the basis of morphometric analysis of our collections of pairs of spawning fish of the genus Neozoarces, development of prolarvae of fish, and a survey of museum collections, a conclusion is made in respect to only one of the two species of the genus—tape blenny Neozoarces pulcher, Steindachner, 1880. Differences in morphometric characters and coloration of different fish are accounted for by a sharply expressed sexual dimorphism. The reproduction and the egg and prolarvae development in N. pulcher are described.
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Original Russian Text © A.I. Markevich, V.P. Gnyubkina, 2008, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2008, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 221–230.
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Markevich, A.I., Gnyubkina, V.P. Tape blenny Neozoarces pulcher Steindachner, 1880 (Perciformes: Zoarcidae)—a sole valid species of the genus, its reproduction, and embryonal and larval development. J. Ichthyol. 48, 249–258 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945208030077
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