Comparaison de la région céphalique chez cinq espèces du genre Tilapia, dont trois incubateurs buccaux
Chardon, M.; Vandewalle, P. (1971). Comparaison de la région céphalique chez cinq espèces du genre Tilapia, dont trois incubateurs buccaux. Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 101(1-2): 3-24
In: Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique = Annalen van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Dierkunde. Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique: Bruxelles. ISSN 0771-5528, more
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Tilapia Smith, 1840 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal; Fresh water |
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- Chardon, M.
- Vandewalle, P., more
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| Abstract |
The possible adaptations to the oral incubation have been investigated by the way of osteological and myological studies of five species of Tilapia, including both substrate-spawners and mouth-brooders. The mouth cavity of the oral-incubator species so far studied is of greater volume than that of the substrate-spawners species.It is postulated that the oral incubation appeared at least twice in the genus Tilapia, and that the acquisition of such a comportment is possible without any previous or simultaneous morphological adaptation. |
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