Juvenile snooks (Centropomidae) as mimics of mojarras (Gerreidae), with a review of aggressive mimicry in fishes

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-45

  Sazima, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Centropomus mexicanus; Eucinostomus melanopterus; Facultative mimicry; Feeding habits; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIMICRY; PREDATION;

BLENNIIDAE; CANIS; CENTROPOMIDAE; CENTROPOMUS MEXICANUS; CENTROPOMUS UNDECIMALIS; CICHLIDAE; CRUSTACEA; EUCINOSTOMUS MELANOPTERUS; GERREIDAE; HYPOPLECTRUS; OVIS ARIES; PISCES; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 0036714976     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019654721236     Document Type: Article

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