title: Marine ornamental species culture: From the past to "Finding Dory".
abstract: The present article revises the major topics related to fish and coral reproduction. In particular after a short review of the ornamental trade and the destructive fishing methods that are still used in some areas, the present review revises the principal modes of fish and coral reproduction introducing the main critical bottlenecks in their captive propagation. Regarding fish these include sexing the fish, pair forming, the embryo development, the hatching process and of course the transition from an endogenous to an exogenous feeding by the larvae. As concerns corals, great attention is given to the main modes of reproduction as well as to nutrition and lightening.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy. Electronic address: i.olivotto@univpm.it.
authors.forename: Ike
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Olivotto
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chemello
authors.affiliation: Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico city, Mexico.
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: Basilio
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Randazzo
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: Chiara Carla
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Piccinetti
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: Oliana
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Carnevali
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000502:physiology*; D017756:Aquaculture; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology*; D007814:Larva / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology
keywords: Clownfish; Coral; Coral reef; Finding Dory; Fish reproduction; Reproductive strategies; Tropical fish