Upside-down swimming behavior in a whipnose anglerfish (Teleostei: Ceratioidei: Gigantactinidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1144-1146

  Moore, Jon A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

CERATIOIDEI; GIGANTACTINIDAE; GIGANTACTIS; LOPHIUS AMERICANUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0037207220     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[1144:UDSBIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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