Parental behaviour of fish

Shows patterns of breeding and parental care in ciclid fish and encourages the use of aquaria in animal behaviour studies in schools. The first part compares the behaviour of two central American species; the second part presents the strikingly different parental care of an African ciclid.

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Credits

director

Cheryl Houben

producer

Michael Sullivan

production company

University of Melbourne

Duration

00:33:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1979

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

508008

Language

English

Subject categories

Animals & Wildlife → Animal life cycles

Animals & Wildlife → Aquariums

Animals & Wildlife → Fishes

Animals & Wildlife → Fishes - Reproduction

Animals & Wildlife → Parental behavior in animals

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1979

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