Spot-fixed fin digging behavior in foraging of the benthophagous maiden goby, Pterogobius virgo (Perciformes: Gobiidae)

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 286-290

  Choi, Seung Ho ^a   Gushima, Kenji ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fin digging; Foraging; Foraging site; Gobiidae; Polychaetes

Indexed keywords

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIIDAE; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; PTEROGOBIUS;

EID: 0036698426     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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