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Table 3 Classification of species into territory competitors and brood predators. Total number of defense actions against each species during the observation of the focal territories is given in parentheses

From: Nest defense in the face of cuckoldry: evolutionary rather than facultative adaptation to chronic paternity loss

Territory competitors

Brood predators

Variabilichromis moorii (657)

Telmatochromis vittatus (177)

Telmatochromis temporalis & T. dhonti (219)

Neolamprologus fasciatus (145)

Eretmodus cyanostictus (172)

Lamprologus callipterus (17)

Neolamprologus modestus (104)

Ctenochromis horei (15)

Julidochromis ornatus (84)

Lepidiolamprologus elongatus (12)

Neolamprologus caudopunctatus (50)

Mastacembelus sp. (11)

Neolamprologus savoryi (45)

Altolamprologus compressiceps (5)

Lobochilotes labiatus (13)

Lepidiolamprologus attenuatus (1)

Lamprichthys tanganicanus (6)

 

Ophthalmotilapia ventralis (45)

 

Neolamprologus pulcher (31)

 

Xenotilapia spilopterus (28)

 

Neolamprologus tetracanthus (27)

 

Tropheus moorii (22)

 

Petrochromis famula (11)

 

Aulonocranus dewindti (7)

 

Interochromis loocki (7)

 

Neolamprologus sexfasciatus (6)

 

Neolamprologus mustax (3)

 

Neolamprologus prochilus (2)

 

Petrochromis polyodon (2)

 

Simochromis diagramma (2)

 

Haplotaxodon microlepis (1)

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