Distribution, colour polymorphism and habitat use of the African killifish Nothobranchius furzeri, the vertebrate with the shortest life span

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 198-212

  Reichard, M ^a,b   Polacik M ^a   Sedlacek O ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adult sex ratio; Cyprinodontiformes; Fish habitat association; Geographic range; Male colour polymorphism; Species coexistence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FUNDULIDAE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SEX RATIO;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; NOTHOBRANCHIUS; NOTHOBRANCHIUS FURZERI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58549101544     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02129.x     Document Type: Article

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