Comparative functional anatomy of the pharyngeal jaw apparatus in two morphs of Astatoreochromis alluaudi (Pisces, Cichlidae)

Netherlands Journal of Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 313-347

  Smits, Jan D ^a   Anker, Gerrit Ch ^a   Witte, Frans ^a   Barel, Kees D N ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astatoreochromis alluaudi; Centrarchidae; Haplochromis elegans; Labroids; Morphology; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ASTATOREOCHROMIS ALLUAUDI; CENTRARCHIDAE; CICHLIDAE; GASTROPODA; HAPLOCHROMIS ELEGANS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PISCES;

EID: 0344369552     PISSN: 00282960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854297x00049     Document Type: Review

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