Male mate preference and size-assortative pairing in the convict cichlid

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1001-1008

  Beeching, S C ^a   Hopp, A B ^a  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Body size; Cichlid; Mate choice

Indexed keywords

FISH; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MATE CHOICE;

CICHLASOMA NIGROFASCIATUM;

EID: 0032701991     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1999.1101     Document Type: Article

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