- Title
- Paedophagia among cichlid fishes of Lake Victoria and Lake Malawi/Nyasa
- Creator
- Ribbink, Anthony J, Ribbink, Anthea C
- Date
- 1997
- Type
- text
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- vital:7134
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011777
- Description
- Paedophages, as defined here, are cichlids which exploit the protective tactics of other cichlids to steal the offspring from them. The different tactics are reviewed here and a new form of paedophagy is described, in which retrieval of free-swimming young is stimulated by the paedophage so that the offspring gather at the parent's mouth, where they are readily caught by the paedophage.
- Format
- 4 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Ribbink, A.J. and Ribbink, A.C. (1997) Paedophagia among cichlid fishes of Lake Victoria and Lake Malawi/Nyasa. South African Journal of Science, 93 (11/12). pp. 509-512.
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