Foraging behaviour and functional morphology of two scale-eating cichlids from Lake Tanganyika

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1458-1469

  Takahashi, R ^a   Moriwaki, T ^b   Hori, M ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Mathematics   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Mutual exploitation; Scale eater; Specialization; Tooth morphology

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; PERISSODUS MICROLEPIS; PERISSODUS STRAELENI; PISCES;

EID: 34247340966     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01423.x     Document Type: Article

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