The Effects of Landmarks on Territorial Behavior in a Convict Cichlid,Amatitlania siquia

Ethology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 121 (8) ◽  
pp. 785-792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piyumika S. Suriyampola ◽  
Perri K. Eason
Keyword(s):  
Territorial Behavior ◽  
Convict Cichlid ◽  
Amatitlania Siquia

Hormonal and fitness consequences of behavioral assortative mating in the convict cichlid ( Amatitlania siquia )

2017 ◽  
Vol 240 ◽  
pp. 153-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cécile Schweitzer ◽  
Geoffrey Melot ◽  
Chloé Laubu ◽  
Maria Teixeira ◽  
Sébastien Motreuil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Convict Cichlid ◽  
Fitness Consequences ◽  
Amatitlania Siquia

Polymorphic microsatellite loci optimised for studies on the convict cichlid fish (Amatitlania siquia)

2011 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey S. Y. Lee-Jenkins ◽  
Adam M. Densmore ◽  
Jean-Guy J. Godin ◽  
Myron L. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Microsatellite Loci ◽  
Cichlid Fish ◽  
Convict Cichlid ◽  
Polymorphic Microsatellite ◽  
Amatitlania Siquia

Coloration reflects behavioural types in the convict cichlid, Amatitlania siquia

2015 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 201-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cécile Schweitzer ◽  
Sébastien Motreuil ◽  
François-Xavier Dechaume-Moncharmont
Keyword(s):  
Convict Cichlid ◽  
Behavioural Types ◽  
Amatitlania Siquia

Genetic evidence for mixed broods and extra-pair matings in a socially monogamous biparental cichlid fish

Behaviour ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 152 (11) ◽  
pp. 1507-1526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey S.Y. Lee-Jenkins ◽  
Myron L. Smith ◽  
Brian D. Wisenden ◽  
Alex Wong ◽  
Jean-Guy J. Godin
Keyword(s):  
Body Length ◽  
Cichlid Fish ◽  
Convict Cichlid ◽  
Social Monogamy ◽  
Model Species ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Socially Monogamous ◽  
First Time ◽  
Very High ◽  
Amatitlania Siquia

Mobile young under parental care have a high potential for intermixing with other broods, which potentially increases the costs to the foster parents. Here, we examined for the first time the genetic composition of wild-caught broods of the convict cichlid (Amatitlania siquia), a socially monogamous biparental fish, for evidence of brood mixing and adoption. Our microsatellite genotyping data revealed that 79% of broods contained adopted young. Moreover, 25% of broods contained adopted sibsets likely arising from extra-pair matings, a phenomenon hitherto not documented for this species. Overall, adopted foreign fry and host fry in mixed broods were generally different in body length, as would be expected if they have different parents. However, fry from possible extra-pair matings were similar in body length to host fry, suggesting that they are of similar age. Our results are important because they reveal a very high prevalence and degree of brood mixing, and indicate that social monogamy does not necessarily lead to genetic monogamy in the convict cichlid in nature. These findings raise questions about potential brood-mixing mechanisms and the reproductive ecology (especially opportunities for polygamy in nature) of this important model species in the study of animal behaviour.

scholarly journals Boldness-exploration behavioral syndrome: interfamily variability and repeatability of personality traits in the young of the convict cichlid (Amatitlania siquia)

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 900-908 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. P. F. Mazue ◽  
F.-X. Dechaume-Moncharmont ◽  
J.-G. J. Godin
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Behavioral Syndrome ◽  
Convict Cichlid ◽  
Amatitlania Siquia

Concurrent effects of familiarity and kinship on social affiliations in convict cichlid (Amatitlania siquia) young

Behaviour ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 150 (8) ◽  
pp. 895-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey S.Y. Lee-Jenkins ◽  
Jean-Guy J. Godin
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Relatedness ◽  
Cichlid Fish ◽  
The Body ◽  
Convict Cichlid ◽  
Simultaneous Choice ◽  
Social Affiliations ◽  
Social Familiarity ◽  
Focal Fish ◽  
Social Associations ◽  
Amatitlania Siquia

The cues associated with social familiarity and genetic relatedness and how they interact to influence the formation of social associations among individuals, and thus group composition and dynamics, is poorly understood. Here, we investigated the concurrent effects of social familiarity and kinship on social affiliations in free-swimming convict cichlid fish young or ‘fry’ (Amatitlania siquia) by pitting the cues of social familiarity and kinship against each other in a four-way choice apparatus. Individual focal fish were given a simultaneous choice to associate (‘shoal’) with conspecifics that were either socially familiar and kin (full sibs), socially unfamiliar and kin, socially familiar and not kin, or socially unfamiliar and not kin. Stimulus shoal preference differed depending on the body length of the focal fish; smaller fry exhibited no preference, whereas larger (more mobile) fry significantly preferred to associate with familiar kin. In the convict cichlid system, where brood mixing occurs in the wild, a preference to associate with familiar kin may confer fitness benefits to individuals, especially when fry become more mobile as they grow and encounter predators more often. Our results contribute to further our understanding of the roles of familiarity and kinship in the formation of social associations in the convict cichlid in particular and in animals in general.

scholarly journals Territorial Behavior in Males of Philanthus Psyche (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)

1979 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin M. O'Neill
Keyword(s):  
Territorial Behavior

scholarly journals Vocal and territorial behavior in the Smith frog (Hypsiboas faber): Relationships with plasma levels of corticosterone and testosterone

2012 ◽  
Vol 163 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 265-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vania Regina de Assis ◽  
Carlos Arturo Navas ◽  
Mary T. Mendonça ◽  
Fernando Ribeiro Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Levels ◽  
Territorial Behavior

Biparental division of roles in the convict cichlid fish: influence of intruder numbers and locations

2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Richter ◽  
N. Santangelo ◽  
M. Itzkowitz
Keyword(s):  
Cichlid Fish ◽  
Convict Cichlid
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