Colours and colour vision in reef fishes: Past, present and future research directions

NJ Marshall, F Cortesi, F de Busserolles… - Journal of Fish …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Many fishes, both freshwater or marine, have colour vision that may outperform humans. As
a result, to understand the behavioural tasks that vision enables; including mate choice …

Cognitive enrichment to increase fish welfare in aquaculture: A review

A Kleiber, M Stomp, M Rouby, VHB Ferreira… - Aquaculture, 2023‏ - Elsevier
While most animals have received increasing attention for their welfare, consideration for
fish welfare has started more recently, particularly since the recognition that fish have …

A species of reef fish that uses ultraviolet patterns for covert face recognition

UE Siebeck, AN Parker, D Sprenger, LM Mäthger… - Current Biology, 2010‏ - cell.com
The evolutionary and behavioral significance of an animal's color patterns remains poorly
understood [1–4], not least, patterns that reflect ultraviolet (UV) light [5]. The current belief is …

The zebrafish world of colors and shapes: preference and discrimination

J Oliveira, M Silveira, D Chacon, A Luchiari - Zebrafish, 2015‏ - liebertpub.com
Natural environment imposes many challenges to animals, which have to use cognitive
abilities to cope with and exploit it to enhance their fitness. Since zebrafish is a well …

Representation of edges, head direction, and swimming kinematics in the brain of freely-navigating fish

E Vinepinsky, L Cohen, S Perchik, O Ben-Shahar… - Scientific reports, 2020‏ - nature.com
Like most animals, the survival of fish depends on navigation in space. This capacity has
been documented in behavioral studies that have revealed navigation strategies. However …

Double cones are used for colour discrimination in the reef fish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus

V Pignatelli, C Champ, J Marshall… - Biology …, 2010‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Double cones (DCs) are the most common cone types in fish, reptiles and birds. It has been
suggested that DCs are used for achromatic tasks such as luminance, motion and …

Sleep deprivation effects on object discrimination task in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

J Pinheiro-da-Silva, PF Silva, MB Nogueira… - Animal cognition, 2017‏ - Springer
The zebrafish is an ideal vertebrate model for neurobehavioral studies with translational
relevance to humans. Many aspects of sleep have been studied, but we still do not …

Hippocampal‐like circuitry in the pallium of an electric fish: Possible substrates for recursive pattern separation and completion

SB Elliott, E Harvey‐Girard… - Journal of …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Teleost fish are capable of complex behaviors, including social and spatial learning; lesion
studies show that these abilities require dorsal telencephalon (pallium). The teleost …

The brain creates illusions not just for us: sharks (Chiloscyllium griseum) can “see the magic” as well

T Fuss, H Bleckmann, V Schluessel - Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2014‏ - frontiersin.org
Bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium griseum) were tested for their ability to perceive subjective
and illusionary contours as well as line length illusions. Individuals were first trained to …

Male and female guppies differ in speed but not in accuracy in visual discrimination learning

T Lucon-**ccato, A Bisazza - Animal Cognition, 2016‏ - Springer
In many species, males and females have different reproductive roles and/or differ in their
ecological niche. Since in these cases the two sexes often face different cognitive …