Ecology and behavior of tilefishes, Hoplolatilus starcki, H. fronticinctus and related species (Malacanthidae): Non-mound and mound builders

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 395-417

  Clark, Eugenie ^a   Pohle, John F ^b   Halstead, Bob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burrows; Feeding; H. cuniculus; H. luteus; H. marcosi; H. oreni; H. pohle; H. purpureus; H. sp.; Hoplolatilus chlupatyi; Malacanthus species; Monogamy; ROV and remote video camera observations; Rubble moving; Scuba

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BURROW; COURTSHIP; FEEDING; HABITAT;

PACIFIC OCEAN, (SOUTHWEST); RED SEA;

HOPLOLATILUS CHLUPATYI; HOPLOLATILUS CUNICULUS; HOPLOLATILUS FRONTICINCTUS; HOPLOLATILUS LUTEUS; HOPLOLATILUS MARCOSI; HOPLOLATILUS ORENI; HOPLOLATILUS POHLE; HOPLOLATILUS PURPUREUS; HOPLOLATILUS STARCKI; MALACANTHUS BREVIROSTRIS;

EID: 0031928529     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007440719123     Document Type: Article

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