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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Sibling species complexes in sympatric populations of Petrotilapia Trewavas (Cichlidae, Lake Malawi)
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 71, No. 3, Year 1981
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The endemic Lake Malawi cichlid, Petrotilapia tridentiger Trewavas, was found to be a complex of sibling species. The various sympatric species show considerable homogeneity in body form and dentition but are separable on the basis of differences in adult coloration, size at maturity, depth distribution, size and degree of overlap of territories, aggression and courtship. Colour is considered to be important for specific mate recognition in this genus. Examination of wild populations is a valuable, perhaps essential, adjunct to classical taxonomy when dealing with the systematics of sibling species in Lake Malawi. Copyright © 1981, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
Authors & Co-Authors
Marsh, Alan Clive
South Africa, Grahamstown
Rhodes University
Ribbink, Anthony J.
South Africa, Grahamstown
Rhodes University
Marsh, Beverley A.
South Africa, Grahamstown
Rhodes University
Statistics
Citations: 42
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1096-3642.1981.tb01132.x
ISSN:
00244082
e-ISSN:
10963642
Study Locations
Malawi