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 …

Understanding zebrafish aggressive behavior

KN Zabegalov, TO Kolesnikova, SL Khatsko… - Behavioural …, 2019 - Elsevier
Aggression is a common agonistic behavior affecting social life and well-being of humans
and animals. However, the underlying mechanisms of aggression remain poorly …

Endocrine and neuroendocrine regulation of social status in cichlid fishes

KP Maruska, CM Anselmo, T King, RB Mobley… - Hormones and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Position in a dominance hierarchy profoundly impacts group members' survival, health, and
reproductive success. Thus, understanding the mechanisms that regulate or are associated …

Social behaviors as welfare indicators in teleost fish

L Cavallino, L Rincón, MF Scaia - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Animal welfare is a key issue not only for aquaculture industry and food production, but also
for daily husbandry practices in research topics related to physiology in wild and farmed …

Estrogenic influences on agonistic behavior in teleost fishes

KA Stennette, JR Godwin - Hormones and Behavior, 2024 - Elsevier
Teleost fishes show an extraordinary diversity of sexual patterns, social structures, and
sociosexual behaviors. Sex steroid hormones are key modulators of social behaviors in …

Can estrogens be considered as key elements of the challenge hypothesis? The case of intrasexual aggression in a cichlid fish

MF Scaia, L Morandini, CA Noguera, VL Trudeau… - Physiology & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Territorial aggression has been widely studied in males and it has been historically
suggested that androgens are key mediators of this behavior. However, more recent …

Triphenyltin exposure affects mating behaviors and attractiveness to females during mating in male guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

JL Zhang, CN Zhang, EC Li, MM **, MX Huang… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The impacts of triphenyltin (TPT) on ecological health have been of great concern due to
their widespread use and ubiquity in aquatic ecosystems. However, little is known about the …

Serotonergic outcome, stress and sexual steroid hormones, and growth in a South American cichlid fish fed with an L-tryptophan enriched diet

L Morandini, MR Ramallo, RG Moreira, C Höcht… - General and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Reared animals for edible or ornamental purposes are frequently exposed to high
aggression and stressful situations. These factors generally arise from conspecifics in …

Natural endocrine profiles of the group‐living skunk anemonefish Amphiprion akallopisos in relation to their size‐based dominance hierarchy

SC Mills, JL O'Donnell, G Bernardi… - Journal of Fish …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Group‐living animals commonly display differences in behaviour, physiology and endocrine
profiles between conspecifics within the group, which are tightly linked to reproduction …

Fighting cichlids: dynamic of intrasexual aggression in dyadic agonistic encounters

MF Scaia, L Morandini, CA Noguera, MR Ramallo… - Behavioural …, 2018 - Elsevier
Aggression is an extremely complex behaviour and female aggression is understudied
when compared to males. Despite the fact that it has been suggested that conflict among …