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- Plant and animal studies
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
2020
James Cook University
2020
Sexual dimorphism is a common in the animal kingdom and often linked to mate choice or competition for mates polygynous mating systems. However, sexual less species that form heterosexual pairs has not been recorded pair-forming coral-reef fish. Here we demonstrate pronounced morphological difference between males females humphead bannerfish (Heniochus varius)—a coral reef butterflyfish. Males of paired individuals collected Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea had substantially larger hump horn...
10.1371/journal.pone.0240294
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PLoS ONE
2020-10-08
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