Comparative feeding ecology and habitats use of Crenicichla species (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in a Venezuelan floodplain river

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-274

  Montaña, Carmen G ^a   Winemiller, Kirk O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Llanos; Neotropics; Niche breadth; Pike cichlid; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

CHARACIDAE; CICHLIDAE; CRENICARA; CRENICICHLA; CRENICICHLA LUGUBRIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PERCIFORMES; PISCES;

EID: 67650476608     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-62252009000200019     Document Type: Article

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