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MONOANDRIC PROTOGYNOUS
Gobiosoma personatus
Z
H
Pagrus pagrus
H
Z
DIANDRIC PROTOGYNOUS
H
H
Z
5
Pagellus erythripnus
P
H
H
Z
S
Holichoeres trimaculatus
P
MONOGYNIC PROTOANDROUS
Z
Amphiprion percula
H
S
P
H
Z
Diplodus vulgaris
DIGYNIC PROTANDROUS
H
S
Z
Lates calcarifer
H
P
SERIAL BIDIRECTIONAL
Z
Gobiodon histrio
H
Z
Z
SERIAL CYCLIC
Z
H
Z
Paragobiodon echinocephalus
H
Z
Z
Fig. 38.
Ontogenetic pathways of sex differentiation in sex changing hermaphroditic fi shes
data gathered from over 400 primary studies, Sadovy de Mitcheson and
Liu (2008) have confi rmed the existence of functional hermaphroditism
only in 137 species belonging to 27 families in 94 genera; for an additional
21 families in 31 genera, confi rmation for the existence of functional
hermaphroditism is awaited for want of adequate evidence. Since 2008,
functional hermaphroditism in more and more fi sh species is continuously
being confi rmed, for example diandric protogyny in
Epinephelus coioides
