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Rearing Conditions Affect Chemosensory Preferences in Young Cichlid Fish
Author(s) -
Barnett Colin
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
ethology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0179-1613
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1986.tb00623.x
Subject(s) - cichlid , preference , offspring , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , affect (linguistics) , biology , attraction , psychology , communication , fishery , pregnancy , linguistics , philosophy , genetics , economics , microeconomics
Offspring of the Midas cichlid, Cichlasoma citrinellum , reared with both parents showed a chemosensory preference for their mother over their father on the first day of free‐swimming and no clear preference for either parent thereafter. Fry reared in isolation preferred their mother; this preference appeared slightly stronger and longer‐lasting in fry reared with only their mother. The preference was reversed in fry reared with only their father.