The dietary habits of the clariid catfish, heterobranchus bidorsalis (geoffroy st. hilaire 1809) in owena reservoir, southwestern nigeria

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 11-17

  Fagbenro, Oyedapo A ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic feeder; Clariid catfish; Dietary habits; Euryphagous; Heterobranchus bidorsalis

Indexed keywords

EID: 21044454000     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1992.10539177     Document Type: Article

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