Gonad development and evidence of protogyny in the red-throat emperor on the Great Barrier Reef.

Presents a paper on gonad development and evidence of protogyny in the red-throat emperor Lethrinus (L.) miniatus on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Concurrent degeneration of all oocytes and proliferation of spermatocysts near lamellae in transitional L. miniatus; Implications of the presence of spermatocysts in the females; Unusual characteristics of transitional L. miniatus.