TERM: Description of glossary term.
Kontext: Behavior
parasitic spawning
While the female and the dominant male are spawning, a subordinate male sneaks in and tries to fertilize some of the eggs; specialized variants of this behavior are displayed by sneaker and streaker males
Literatur
Barlow, George W.. 2002. "The Cichlid Fishes (Nature's Grand Experiment in Evolution)". Perseus Publishing. pp. 352 pp. ISBN: 9780738203768 (crc03927) (Kurzfassung)