Gross colour pattern is used to distinguish between opponents during aggressive encounters in a Lake Malawi cichlid

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-41

  Pauers, Michael J ^a   Kapfer, Joshua M ^b   Doehler, Kirsten ^b   Todd Lee, J ^b   Berg, Craig S ^c  

^a MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

^b ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cichlid; Haplochromine; Labeotropheus fuelleborni; Male male aggression; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; LABEOTROPHEUS FUELLEBORNI; PISCES;

EID: 82555192434     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2011.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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