Sexual dimorphism in aggression: sex-specific fighting strategies across species

M Pandolfi, MF Scaia, MP Fernandez - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Aggressive behavior is thought to have evolved as a strategy for gaining access to
resources such as territory, food, and potential mates. Across species, secondary sexual …

Alloparental care in fishes

BD Wisenden - Reviews in fish biology and fisheries, 1999‏ - Springer
Alloparental care, care directed at non-descendant young, presents a potential challenge to
evolutionary ecologists because investment in non-descendant eggs and young gives the …

[PDF][PDF] Alien and invasive freshwater fish species in Iran: Diversity, environmental impacts and management

HR Esmaeili, A Teimori, O Feridon… - Iranian Journal of …, 2014‏ - researchgate.net
More than 32 alien (exotic) fish species belonging to 10 orders and 12 families (Cyprinidae,
Gobiidae, Salmonidae, Anguilidae, Mugilidae, Centrarchidae, Heteropneustidae …

Neuropeptide regulation of social behavior in a monogamous cichlid fish

RG Oldfield, HA Hofmann - Physiology & behavior, 2011‏ - Elsevier
The nonapeptides arginine vasopressin (AVP; including its non-mammalian homolog
arginine vasotocin, AVT) and oxytocin (OT; including its non-mammalian homologs …

Reproductive behaviour of free-ranging convict cichlids,Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum

BD Wisenden - Environmental Biology of Fishes, 1995‏ - Springer
Cichlids are unusual among fishes because they have prolonged care of their young.
Convict cichlids, Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum, are monogamous and have biparental care of …

Parental division of labour and the shift from minimal to maximal role specializations: an examination using a biparental fish

M Itzkowitz, N Santangelo, M Richter - Animal Behaviour, 2001‏ - Elsevier
In biparental species, parents often cooperate by emphasizing different parental roles.
However, these parental sex differences often disappear when only one parent is present …

Trade-off between mating opportunities and parental care: brood desertion by female Kentish plovers

T Szekely, IC Cuthill - … of the Royal Society of London …, 2000‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Why do some parents care for their young whereas others divorce from their mate and
abandon their offspring? This decision is governed by the trade-off between the value of the …

Invasion of the Neotropical and Nearctic fishes to Iran

HR ESMAEILI, M MASOUDI, MA CHERMAHINI… - FishTaxa, 2017‏ - biotaxa.org
Iran harbors a native and highly endemic inland ichthyofauna which is being threatened by
an increasing number of exotic fishes receiving from different geographic realms including …

Sexual dichromatism in convict cichlids: the ethological significance of female ventral coloration

SC Beeching, SH Gross, HS Bretz, E Hariatis - Animal Behaviour, 1998‏ - Elsevier
Female convict cichlids, Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum, typically develop orange ventral
coloration which males do not. We investigated the behavioural significance of this sexual …

[ספר][B] Fish reproduction

MJ Rocha, A Arukwe, BG Kapoor - 2008‏ - api.taylorfrancis.com
Reproduction is a continuous development process throughout ontogeny and therefore, it
requires energetic, ecological, physiological, anatomical, biochemical and endocrinological …