FAMILIARITY IN SCHOOLING FISH - HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO ACQUIRE

Authors
GRIFFITHS SW MAGURRAN AE
Citation
Sw. Griffiths et Ae. Magurran, FAMILIARITY IN SCHOOLING FISH - HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO ACQUIRE, Animal behaviour, 53, 1997, pp. 945-949
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Behavioral Sciences",Zoology
Journal title
Animal behaviour → ACNP
ISSN journal
00033472
Volume
53
Year of publication
1997
Part
5
Pages
945 - 949
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-3472(1997)53:<945:FISF-H>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Previous work has demonstrated that fish prefer to school with familia r individuals. In this study schooling preferences for familiar female guppies, Poecilia reticulata, developed gradually over 12 days, but o nce established were maintained. This contrasts with condition-depende nt recognition in which fish rapidly learn to discriminate between con specifics on the basis of obvious morphological differences such as bo dy size. (C) 1997 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour.