Landmark-based morphometric analysis of the body shape of two sympatric species, Ctenopharynx pictus and Otopharynx sp. "heterodon nankhumba" (Teleostei: Cichlidae), from Lake Malawi

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 340-345

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

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WWF Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ctenopharynx pictus; Geometric morphometric; Otopharynx sp. "heterodon nankhumba"; Sympatric species; Trophic specialization

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; CTENOPHARYNX PICTUS; HETERODON; OTOPHARYNX; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0037176040     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s102280200050     Document Type: Article

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