The climbing perch (Anabas testudineus Bloch), a freshwater fish, prefers larger unfamiliar shoals to smaller familiar shoals

Current Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 207-211

  Binoy, V V ^a   Thomas, K John ^a  

^a Christ College   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ANABAS TESTUDINEUS; PISCES;

EID: 4444351905     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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