Male orangethroat darters, Etheostoma spectabile, do not prefer larger females

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 407-410

  Pyron, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Mate preference; Percid; Sexua selection

Indexed keywords

ANHINGIDAE; ETHEOSTOMA SPECTABILE; PERCIDAE;

EID: 0030470617     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00005054     Document Type: Article

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