FIELD OBSERVATIONS ON A MATING ATTEMPT OF A SPAWNING GRAYLING, THYMALLUS-THYMALLUS WITH A FEEDING BARBEL, BARBUS-BARBUS

Authors
PONCIN P
Citation
P. Poncin, FIELD OBSERVATIONS ON A MATING ATTEMPT OF A SPAWNING GRAYLING, THYMALLUS-THYMALLUS WITH A FEEDING BARBEL, BARBUS-BARBUS, Journal of Fish Biology, 45(5), 1994, pp. 904-906
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Journal of Fish Biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221112
Volume
45
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
904 - 906
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1112(1994)45:5<904:FOOAMA>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
During the spawning period of the grayling, one male was sexually stim ulated by a feeding barbel and consequently exhibited the behavioural pattern of 'approach', 'quivering' and 'dorsal fin clasping'.