Interspecific territoriality in males of the tube blenny Neoclinus bryope (Actinopterygii: Chaenopsidae)

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 467-472

  Murase, Atsunobu ^a   Sunobe, Tomoki ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chaenopsidae; Courtship; Food competitor; Neoclinus; Parental care; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ACTINOPTERYGII; CHAENOPSIDAE; GASTROPODA; NEOCLINUS; PISCES;

EID: 80052047948     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-011-0276-y     Document Type: Article

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