Convergence of a cryptic saddle pattern in benthic freshwater fishes

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-257

  Armbruster, Jonathan W ^a   Page, Lawrence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Camouflage; Cottus carolinae; Disruptive coloration; E. variatum; Etheostoma blennius; Noturus flavater; Percina uranidea

Indexed keywords

COTTUS CAROLINAE; ETHEOSTOMA SPP.; NOTURUS FLAVATER; PERCINA URANIDEA; ETHEOSTOMA BLENNIUS; ETHEOSTOMA VARIATUM;

CAMOUFLAGE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CRYPSIS; MADTOM;

EID: 0029667497     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00003092     Document Type: Article

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