Diet and food consumption of the pearl cichlid Geophagus brasiliensis (Teleostei: Cichlidae): relationships with gender and sexual maturity

Despite the importance of the pearl cichlid Geophagus brasiliensis for the aquarium fish trade worldwide and its wide distribution, many aspects of its biology, such as the relationships between its feeding ecology and reproductive behavior, are not fully understood in natural conditions on its nati...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo F. Bastos, Mário V. Condini, Antonio S. Varela Junior, Alexandre M. Garcia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2011-01-01
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252011000400013