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Authors

  • Walter Luis Alves dos Santos Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia - CCB/UFSC

Abstract

An analysis of a fixed motion pattern used in certain activities, such as feeding, transport of the substrate and care of the offspring, was undertaken in six species of cichlids from the endemic South American genus Gymnogeophagus. The fishes were collected in many localities of the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS) and the observations were made under laboratory conditions. The locomotion pattern described, called "caiaque", is similar to a frequently exhibited swimming pattern in cichlids, where the pectoral find flap alternately.

Author Biography

Walter Luis Alves dos Santos, Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia - CCB/UFSC

Possui Graduação em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Mestrado e Doutorado em Zoologia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.

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Published

1998-01-01

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (1998)

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