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Sexual dichromatism and feeding habits of the scale-eaterPlecodus straeleni (Cichlidae, Teleostei) in Lake Tanganyika

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  1. Department of Biology, Ehime University, 790, Matsuyama, Japan

    Yasunobu Yanagisawa & Muderwha Nshombo

  2. Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, 903-01, Okinawa, Japan

    Mutsumi Nishida

  3. Jepro Forum, Hongo 6-23-1, 113, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Yasuo Niimura

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Yanagisawa, Y., Nshombo, M., Nishida, M. et al. Sexual dichromatism and feeding habits of the scale-eaterPlecodus straeleni (Cichlidae, Teleostei) in Lake Tanganyika. J. Ethol. 8, 25–28 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02350126

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