A field survey of the breeding habits of Eretmodus cyanostictus, a biparental mouthbrooding cichlid in Lake Tanganyika

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 333-338

  Neat, Francis C ^a   Balshine Earn, Sigal ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Benefits of biparental care; Biased sex ratio; Cichlid; Eretmodini; Lunar synchronization; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

FISH; INCUBATION; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA;

ERETMODUS CYANOSTICTUS;

EID: 0032996219     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007580619528     Document Type: Article

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