Male sailfin mollies (Poecilia latipinna) copy the mate choice of other males

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 104-107

  Schlupp, Ingo ^a,b   Ryan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterospecific matings; mate choice; mate copying; Pisces; Poecilia formosa; Poecilia latipinna; Poeciliidae; Teleostei

Indexed keywords

POECILIA LATIPINNA; POECILIA FORMOSA;

AMAZON MOLLY; GYNOGENESIS; MATE COPYING; SAILFIN MOLLY;

EID: 0030618876     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.1.104     Document Type: Article

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