Reproductive biology of Eretmodus cyanostictus, a cichlid fish from Lake Tanganyika

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-179

  Morley, Josephine Isabelle ^a,b,d   Balshine, Sigal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KLIVV   (Austria)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biparental care; Cichlidae; Costs of care; Monogamy; Mouthbrooding

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; FISH; MONOGAMY; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; ERETMODUS CYANOSTICTUS; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038242096     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023610905675     Document Type: Article

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