Asymmetry of mouth-opening of a small herbivorous cichlid fish Telmatochromis temporalis in Lake Tanganyika

Zoological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 405-408

  Mboko, Sima Keita ^a   Kohda, Masanori ^b   Hori, Michio ^c  

^a Ctr du Rech en Hydrobiologie/Uvira   (Burundi)

^b Osaka City University   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CICHLIDAE; TELMATOCHROMIS TEMPORALIS;

EID: 0032372973     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.15.405     Document Type: Article

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