Reproductive behavior of the Lake Malawi cichlid fish, Tramitichromis intermedius

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-180

  Ripley, Jennifer L ^a,b   Lobel, Phillip S ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; East African Rift Lakes; Mouthbrooding; Oviposition; Photoperiodicity; Spawning behavior

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; OVIPOSITION; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING;

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

CICHLIDAE; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; TRAMITICHROMIS INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 21044440640     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-004-5567-5     Document Type: Article

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