Description of alternative male reproductive tactics in a shell-brooding cichlid, Telmatochromis vittatus, in Lake Tanganyika

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-15

  Ota, Kazutaka ^a   Kohda, Masanori ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive tactics; Cichlid; Reproductive parasitism; Shell brooder; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; GASTROPODA; LAMPROLOGUS CALLIPTERUS; TELMATOCHROMIS VITTATUS;

EID: 32644460481     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-005-0154-6     Document Type: Article

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