Comparative morphometrics and associated growth trends of two benthophagous cichlid species from Lake Malawi (Pisces, Perciformes)

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Volumn 241, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 381-387

  Kassam, Daud D ^a   Sato, Tetsu ^b   Yamaoka, Kosaku ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WWF Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ctenopharynx pictus; Multivariate morphometrics; Otopharynx sp. "heterodon nankhumba"; Trophic morphology

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; COEXISTENCE; FEEDING MECHANISM; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORPHOMETRY; NICHE PARTITIONING;

AFRICA; LAKE MALAWI;

CICHLIDAE; CTENOPHARYNX PICTUS; HETERODON; OTOPHARYNX; PERCIFORMES; PISCES;

EID: 0037001068     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0044-5231-00082     Document Type: Article

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