Brood parasitism of an open‐water spawning cichlid by the cuckoo catfish
The cuckoo catfish Synodontis multipunctatus and S. grandiops are endemic to Lake Tanganyika and the only known nonavian vertebrates that exhibit obligate interspecific brood parasitism. Seven maternal mouth‐brooding cichlid fish species are reported to be natural hosts of the parasitic catfish and...
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Published in | Journal of fish biology Vol. 96; no. 6; pp. 1538 - 1542 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.06.2020
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