Spectral data reveal unexpected cryptic colour polymorphism in female sailfin silverside fish from ancient Lake Matano

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 739, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 155-161

  Pfaender, Jobst ^a   Gray, Suzanne M ^b   Rick, Ingolf P ^c   Chapuis, Simone ^a   Hadiaty, Renny K ^d   Herder, Fabian ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Colour polymorphism; Cryptic; Lake Matano; Malili Lakes; Sulawesi; Telmatherina

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; COURTSHIP; CRYPSIS; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FISH; PERSISTENCE; POLYMORPHISM; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; LAKE MATANO; MALILI LAKES; SOUTH SULAWESI; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES;

ARGENTINA ELONGATA; TELMATHERINA;

EID: 84907545249     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1557-y     Document Type: Article

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