Coexistence of permanently territorial cichlids of the genus Petrochromis through male-mating attack

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 52, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 231-242

  Kohda, Masanori ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coexistence mechanism; Feeding territory; Herbivorous fishes; Lake Tanganyika; Mating; Removal experiments

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FISH; ROCKY SHORE; TERRITORIALITY;

AFRICA; LAKE TANGANYIKA;

PETROCHROMIS FAMULA; PETROCHROMIS FANULA; PETROCHROMIS POLYODON; PETROCHROMIS TREWAVASAE;

EID: 0031881098     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007381217885     Document Type: Article

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