Ontogeny of the electric organ discharge in two parapatric species of the dwarf stonebasher, Pollimyrus castelnaui and P. marianne (Mormyridae, Teleostei)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-214

  Baier, Bernd ^a   Lamml, Michael ^a   Kramer, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alevin; Development; Electric organ discharge; Mormyrid; Pollimyrus

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; ONTOGENY; PARAPATRY; SIBLING; TELEOST;

MORMYRIDAE; POLLIMYRUS; POLLIMYRUS ADSPERSUS; POLLIMYRUS CASTELNAUI; POLLIMYRUS MARIANNE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33748707518     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2006.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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