Where are all the moms? External fertilization predicts the rise of male parental care in bony fishes

Evolution ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (12) ◽  
pp. 2451-2460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frieda Benun Sutton ◽  
Anthony B. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
External Fertilization ◽  
Bony Fishes

scholarly journals Reproduction of Pirapitinga do Sul (Brycon opalinus Cuvier, 1819) in the Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar-Núcleo Santa Virgínia, São Paulo, Brazil

2007 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 541-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
LM. Gomiero ◽  
FMS. Braga
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Parental Care ◽  
Great Part ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
External Fertilization ◽  
Serra Do Mar ◽  
Riverine Forests ◽  
Synchronous Development ◽  
Three Rivers

The objective of the study was to characterize seasonally and locally the reproduction of Pirapitinga do Sul (Brycon opalinus). The study area included three rivers (Paraibuna, Ipiranga, and Grande) in the Santa Virgínia Unit of the Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Breeding occurred in spring, summer, and autumn. The L50 and the L100 of this species were 16 to 18 cm and 26 to 28 cm, respectively. Spawning was total, with synchronous development in two groups. The size of mature oocytes was 1,346.4 µm, reaching a maximum of 2,570.4 µm, with a mean fecundity of 9,190.5 oocytes. This species has external fertilization, is non-migratory, and lacks parental care of the young. Preservation of the Pirapitinga do Sul depends, in great part, on maintaining water quality, preservation of the riverine forests, and access to breeding areas.

scholarly journals Reproduction of Cichla kelberi Kullander and Ferreira, 2006 introduced into an artificial lake in southeastern Brazil

2009 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
LM. Gomiero ◽  
GA. Villares Junior ◽  
F. Naous
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
Parental Care ◽  
The State ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Artificial Lake ◽  
External Fertilization ◽  
Reproductive Characteristics ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Peacock Bass

The objective of this study was to characterize the reproduction of Cichla kelberi in an artificial lake, located in the municipality of Leme, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Breeding occurred in spring, and summer. The L50 and the L100 of this species were 192 and 235 mm (L50), for males and females, respectively, and 290 mm (L100) for both sexes. Spawning was parceled. The oocytes matured at a size of 428.4 µm, reaching their maximum at 2,203.2 µm. A mean of fecundity were of 12,129.2 oocytes, with the mean of oocytes in each batch of 4,897.7. This species has external fertilization, is nonmigratory, and with parental care of the young. Various attributes of the peacock bass make their introduction a temptation. However, due to their feeding and reproductive characteristics, they have no natural predators, making it difficult to control their population growth or eradicate them.

Male Parental Care in the Bony Fishes

1979 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence S. Blumer
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
Bony Fishes

scholarly journals Evolutionary transitions in parental care and live bearing in vertebrates

2002 ◽  
Vol 357 (1419) ◽  
pp. 269-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Reynolds ◽  
N. B. Goodwin ◽  
R. P. Freckleton
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
Transition Probabilities ◽  
Role Reversal ◽  
Biparental Care ◽  
Evolutionary Transitions ◽  
Squamate Reptiles ◽  
Uniparental Care ◽  
Male Territoriality ◽  
Bony Fishes ◽  
Male Care

We provide the first review of phylogenetic transitions in parental care and live bearing for a wide variety of vertebrates. This includes new analyses of both numbers of transitions and transition probabilities. These reveal numerous transitions by shorebirds and anurans toward uniparental care by either sex. Whereas most or all of the shorebird transitions were from biparental care, nearly all of the anuran transitions have been from no care, reflecting the prevalence of each form of care in basal lineages in each group. Teleost (bony) fishes are similar to anurans in displaying numerous transitions toward uniparental contributions by each sex. Whereas cichlid fishes have often evolved from biparental care to female care, other teleosts have usually switched from no care to male care. Taxa that have evolved exclusive male care without courtship–role reversal are characterized by male territoriality and low costs of care per brood. Males may therefore benefit from care through female preference of parental ability in these species. Primates show a high frequency of transitions from female care to biparental care, reflecting the prevalence of female care in basal lineages. In the numerous taxa that display live bearing by females, including teleosts, elasmobranchs, squamate reptiles and invertebrates, we find that live bearing has always evolved from a lack of care. Although the transition counts and probabilities will undoubtedly be refined as phylogenetic information and methodologies improve, the overall biases in these taxa should help to place adaptive hypotheses for the evolution of care into a stronger setting for understanding directions of change.

Egg size is a good predictor of parental care behaviour among bony fishes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Iglesias‐Rios ◽  
Javier Lobón‐Cervià ◽  
Cesar Rogerio Leal Amaral ◽  
Rogerio Garber ◽  
Rosana Mazzoni
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
Good Predictor ◽  
Egg Size ◽  
Bony Fishes

Ageing: Parental Care and Reproduction Strategies

1995 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 1689-1695 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Thoms ◽  
Peter Donahue ◽  
Doug Hunter ◽  
Naeem Jan
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
Reproduction Strategies

Experimentally increased costs of parental care are shunted to offspring in species with extended care

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gretchen F. Wagner ◽  
Emeline Mourocq ◽  
Michael Griesser
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Parental Care ◽  
Total Duration ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Life History Strategy ◽  
Experimental Treatment ◽  
Cost Of Care ◽  
Adult Survival ◽  
Supporting Evidence ◽  
Trade Offs

Biparental care systems are a valuable model to examine conflict, cooperation, and coordination between unrelated individuals, as the product of the interactions between the parents influences the fitness of both individuals. A common experimental technique for testing coordinated responses to changes in the costs of parental care is to temporarily handicap one parent, inducing a higher cost of providing care. However, dissimilarity in experimental designs of these studies has hindered interspecific comparisons of the patterns of cost distribution between parents and offspring. Here we apply a comparative experimental approach by handicapping a parent at nests of five bird species using the same experimental treatment. In some species, a decrease in care by a handicapped parent was compensated by its partner, while in others the increased costs of care were shunted to the offspring. Parental responses to an increased cost of care primarily depended on the total duration of care that offspring require. However, life history pace (i.e., adult survival and fecundity) did not influence parental decisions when faced with a higher cost of caring. Our study highlights that a greater attention to intergenerational trade-offs is warranted, particularly in species with a large burden of parental care. Moreover, we demonstrate that parental care decisions may be weighed more against physiological workload constraints than against future prospects of reproduction, supporting evidence that avian species may devote comparable amounts of energy into survival, regardless of life history strategy.

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