Male Betta splendends are equally aggressive toward neighbors and strangers

Journal of Ichthyology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1066-1069

  Alyan, Sofyan ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

conspecific discrimination; dear enemy; Siamese fighting fish

Indexed keywords

BETTA; BETTA SPLENDENS; MACROPODINAE;

EID: 78650478272     PISSN: 00329452     EISSN: 15556425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0032945210110123     Document Type: Article

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