Catfish mimics

James Mallet and Kanchon Dasmahapatra
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James Mallet: James Mallet and Kanchon Dasmahapatra are in the Galton Laboratory, University College London, 4 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HE, UK. j.mallet@ucl.ac.uk
Kanchon Dasmahapatra: James Mallet and Kanchon Dasmahapatra are in the Galton Laboratory, University College London, 4 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HE, UK. j.mallet@ucl.ac.uk

Nature, 2011, vol. 469, issue 7328, 41-42

Abstract: Mutualism can be a double-edged sword if the animals concerned also compete for food. This may explain the discovery that catfish mimics in the Amazon rarely engage in mimicry with related species. See Letter p.84

Date: 2011
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