Photophilic behaviour in surface- and cave-dwelling Atlantic mollies Poecilia mexicana (Poeciliidae)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1225-1231

  Parzefall, J ^a   Kraus, C ^a   Tobler, M ^b   Plath, M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cave colonization; Cave fish; Eye reduction; Phototaxis; Pre adaptation

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPSIDAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA MEXICANA; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 35248836904     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01581.x     Document Type: Article

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