Induction of parental behavior in the blue gourami, Trichogaster trichopterus (Pisces, Belontiidae)
The blue gourami, Trichogaster trichopterus, is a small, freshwater tropical fish, native to Southeast Asia. Parental behavior is normally shown only by males after spawning. Females and non-parental males eat small numbers of test eggs which they are given, while parental males retrieve them to th...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/34118 |