Topic
Plecodus
About: Plecodus is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2 publications have been published within this topic receiving 75 citations.
Papers
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on the Tanganyikan cichlid tribe Perissodini, which exhibits one of the most peculiar feeding strategies found in Cichlids-scale-eating.
63 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the stomach contents of Tanganyika Cichlids were found to contain scales from live or dead fish, and it was not known if this was an indication of a very peculiar diet.
Abstract: PREVIOUS studies on certain Tanganyika Cichlids1 have shown that, in species of the genus Plecodus, the stomach content is often composed of fish scales. It was not known if this was an indication of a very peculiar diet, and whether these scales had been taken from live or dead fish.
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| Year | Papers |
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| 2007 | 1 |
| 1954 | 1 |