Inter-specific differences in numerical abilities among teleost fish

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Agrillo, Christian ^a   Petrazzini, Maria Elena Miletto ^a   Tagliapietra, Christian ^a   Bisazza, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Betta splendens; Danio rerio; Fish cognition; Poecilia reticulata; Pterophyllum scalare; Xenotoca eiseni

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870895779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00483     Document Type: Article

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