Testing conjectures about morphological diversity in cichlids of Lakes Malawi and Tanganyika

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2005, Pages 359-373

  Chakrabarty, Prosanta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; CICHLID; MORPHOMETRY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LAKE MALAWI; LAKE TANGANYIKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

CICHLIDAE;

EID: 18644362831     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CG-04-089R2     Document Type: Article

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