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Galaxias maculatus and Odontesthes microlepidotus undertook significant habitat shifts in a small Araucanian lake during their early life history. After hatching in the littoral zone, free embryos migrate to the limnetic zone. Later, larvae return to the littoral. A third movement, littoral-limnetic, is suggested through acoustic records of fish in the limnetic zone which correspond with the growth curve of littoral sampled juveniles.
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Cussac, V.E., Cervellini, P.M. & Battini, M.A. Intralacustrine movements of Galaxias maculatus (Galaxiidae) and Ondontesthes microlepidotus (Atherinidae) during their early life history. Environ Biol Fish 35, 141–148 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00002189
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