Fishes are by far the most species-rich vertebrate taxon, and it is also the vertebrate group with the most strikingly diverse repertoire of behaviours and beha

The study of animal cognition has been largely confined to birds and mammals; a historical bias which has led to the belief that learning plays little or no par

This book is about the behaviour of teleosts, a well-defined, highly successful, taxonomic group of vertebrate animals sharing a common body plan and forming th

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