Fish humps in two Colorado River fishes: A morphological response to cyprinid predation?

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-245

  Portz, Donald E ^a,b   Tyus, Harold M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado pikeminnow; Convergent evolution; Drag; Gila cypha; Humpback chub; Lift; Nuchal hump; Ptychocheilus lucius; Razorback sucker; Xyrauchen texanus

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COEVOLUTION; FISH; GAPE LIMITATION; MORPHOLOGY;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CYPRINIDAE; GILA; GILA CYPHA; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; PISCES; PTYCHOCHEILUS; PTYCHOCHEILUS LUCIUS; XYRAUCHEN TEXANUS;

EID: 12444343165     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-004-0300-y     Document Type: Article

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