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Male broad‐nosed pipefish Syngnathus typhle do not locate females by smell
Author(s) -
Lindqvist C.,
Sundin J.,
Berglund A.,
Rosenqvist G.
Publication year - 2011
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.1095-8649.2011.02985.x
Subject(s) - biology , zoology , olfactory cues , olfaction , ecology
Broad‐nosed pipefish Syngnathus typhle were used to investigate whether males used scent in their search for mates. When the males in an experiment had access to olfactory cues only, they did not locate females better than they located males. Thus, S. typhle , was less successful in mate search when visual cues were absent.