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9780738205281

The Cichlid Fishes Nature's Grand Experiment In Evolution

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    9780738205281

  • ISBN10:

    0738205281

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-03-07
  • Publisher: Basic Books
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Summary

Cichlid fishes are amazing creatures. In terms of sheer number of species, they are the most successful of all families of vertebrate animals, and the extent and speed with which they have evolved in some African lakes has made them the darlings of evolutionary biologists. With warmth and wit, Barlow describes the remarkably high intelligence of these fishes, their complex mating and parenting rituals, their bizarre feeding and fighting habits, and their highly unusual adaptations. A celebration of their diversity, The Cichlid Fishes is also a marvelous exploration of how these animals might help resolve the age-old puzzle of how species arise and evolve.

Author Biography

George W. Barlow is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California at Berkeley.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Introduction 1(6)
So, What Is a Cichlid?
7(21)
Jaws Two
28(23)
Plastic Sex
51(13)
Mating Games
64(26)
Oh Yeah? Put Up Your Fins!
90(16)
Cichlid Speak
106(12)
Beauty Is Only Fin Deep
118(15)
Mating Gets Personal
133(20)
How Gametes Meet
153(20)
Family Plan
173(28)
Family Life Gets Complicated
201(19)
Cichlid Factories
220(31)
Fish at Risk
251(18)
Glossary 269(6)
Numerical Guide to Citations 275(18)
References 293(24)
Index 317

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