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The Cichlid Fishes: Nature's Grand Experiment in Evolution »

Authors: George Barlow
ISBN-13: 9780738205281, ISBN-10: 0738205281
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: March 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: George Barlow

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

Book Synopsis

"The Cichlid Fishes is a marvelous narrative about an extraordinary family of creatures. Barlow's fertile synthesis belongs in the pantheon of natural-history classics."-Natural History

Natural History - Les Kaufman

The Cichilid Fishes is a marvelous narrative about an extraordinary family of creatures.

	Foreword	ix
	Preface	xiii
	Introduction	1
1	So, What Is a Cichlid?	7
2	Jaws Two	28
3	Plastic Sex	51
4	Mating Games	64
5	Oh Yeah? Put Up Your Fins!	90
6	Cichlid Speak	106
7	Beauty Is Only Fin Deep	118
8	Mating Gets Personal	133
9	How Gametes Meet	153
10	Family Plan	173
11	Family Life Gets Complicated	201
12	Cichlid Factories	220
13	Fish at Risk	251
	Glossary	269
	Numerical Guide to Citations	275
	References	293
	Index	317

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