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Juvenile Sarotherodon mossambicus were exposed to a daily dose of 1 or 2 p.p.m. of the antigonadotropic drug methallibure for a period of seven weeks. The control fish all showed well‐developed gonads and a considerable concentration of astaxanthin in the dorsal fins. The dominant male showed a much higher astaxanthin value than the other fishes. Methallibure completely prevented gonad development. Nevertheless, some astaxanthin deposition did occur in the drug‐treated fish.
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W. J. R. Lanzing (1978) studied this question.
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