Geographical colour variation in cichlid fishes at the southern end of Lake Tanganyika

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-248

  Kohda, Masanori ^a   Yanagisawa, Yasunobu ^b   Sato, Tetsu ^c   Nakaya, Kazuhiro ^d   Niimura, Yasuo ^e   Matsumoto, Kazunori ^a   Ochi, Haruki ^c  

^a Osaka City University   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Jepro Forum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allopatric speciation; Dispersion; Geographical barrier; Isolation; Sandy beaches

Indexed keywords

BEACH; COLOUR POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHICAL BARRIER;

AFRICA, (EAST), LAKE TANGANYIKA;

CICHLIDAE;

EID: 0029667493     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00003091     Document Type: Article

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