A pheromone that explains why puffer fish spawn on beaches under moonlight (IMAGE)

Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University

A pheromone that explains why puffer fish spawn on beaches under moonlight

Caption

A mechanism that regulates lunar-synchronized beach spawning in puffer fish

Credit

Issey Takahashi

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