Mating tactics and male-male courtship in the lek-breeding cichlid Oreochromis mossambicus

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1115-1129

  Oliveira, R F ^a   Almada, V C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Homosexuality; Male mating tactics; Sneaking behaviour

Indexed keywords

BREEDING BEHAVIOUR; FISH; INTRASEXUAL COMPETITION; MALE-MALE COURTSHIP; TERRITORIALITY;

OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS;

EID: 0032103811     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1998.0654     Document Type: Article

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