Female mate preference for males having long and symmetric fins in the bower-holding cichlid Cyathopharynx furcifer

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 883-892

  Karino, Kenji ^a  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; CYATHOPHARYNX FURCIFER; FURCIFER;

EID: 0030711530     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00130.x     Document Type: Article

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