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Alarm pheromones of rainbow darters: responses to skin extracts of conspecifics and congeners
Author(s) -
Commens A. M.,
Mathis A.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1999.tb02081.x
Subject(s) - biology , pheromone , sex pheromone , zoology , ecology
Rainbow darters Etheostoma caeruleum exposed to extracts from macerated skin of both conspecifics and of yoke darkers E. juliae responded with decreased activity. Both species have epidermal sacciform cells that are candidates as the source of the pheromone.