Hybridization Experiments in Acheilognathine Fishes (Cyprinidae, Teleostei). Hybrids between Female Paracheilognathus rhombeus and Male Rhodeus ocellatus, Tanakia tanago, Acheilognathus tabira, A. limbatus, and Rhodeus spinalis

Copeia ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 1964 (1) ◽  
pp. 150 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Duyvene de Wit
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Evolution ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 366-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mara Casalini ◽  
Muna Agbali ◽  
Martin Reichard ◽  
Markéta Konečná ◽  
Anna Bryjová ◽  
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Behaviour ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 147 (8) ◽  
pp. 1035-1050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Reichard ◽  
Carl Smith ◽  
Mara Casalini

AbstractFemale density and resource availability are two key variables that shape mating systems. Theory predicts that reproductive skew will amplify with increased male density and decreasing availability of resources, though limited empirical evidence suggests that this may not always be the case. Here we tested mean crowding, defined as the number of males per unit of resource, and density per se, defined as the number of individuals present per unit area, to investigate their effect on the mating system of Rhodeus ocellatus, a fish with a promiscuous, resource-based mating system. Males were exposed to combinations of high and low levels of crowding and density, while the operational sex ratio was held constant. High levels of crowding significantly affected the proportion of mussel spawning sites defended by males and the proportion of mussels into which sperm was released. In contrast to theoretical predictions, neither density nor crowding influenced overall male aggressive behaviours. Density, but not crowding, had a significant effect on male courtship rate, which arose as a possible trade-off between intra-sexual competition and inter-sexual behaviour. We discuss the results in the context of mating system evolution.


2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norio Onikura ◽  
Takuya Miyake ◽  
Jun Nakajima ◽  
Shinji Fukuda ◽  
Tomonori Kawamato ◽  
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