Reproductive success and female preference in the amazonian cichlid angel fish, Pterophyllum scalare (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-91

  Cacho, Maria Do Socorro R F ^a   Chellappa, Sathyabama ^a   Yamamoto, Maria Emília ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Courtship; Mate selection; Reproductive behavior

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; PTEROPHYLLUM SCALARE;

EID: 33847315237     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-62252006000100009     Document Type: Article

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