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Behav Processes

Title:		Effects of intraspecific chemical cues on the behaviour of the bloodfin tetra Aphyocharax anisitsi (Ostariophysi: Characidae)
Author(s):		Pintos S; Cavallino L; Yanez AV; Pandolfi M; Pozzi AG;
Address:		"Laboratorio de Neuroendocrinologia y Comportamiento en Peces y Anfibios, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Laboratorio de Neuroendocrinologia y Comportamiento en Peces y Anfibios, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental y Aplicada-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Laboratorio de Neuroendocrinologia y Comportamiento en Peces y Anfibios, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental y Aplicada-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: apozzi@bg.fcen.uba.ar"
Journal Title:		Behav Processes
Year:		2021
Volume:		20211020
Issue:
Page Number:		104533 -
DOI:		10.1016/j.beproc.2021.104533
ISSN/ISBN:		1872-8308 (Electronic) 0376-6357 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Chemical communication can induce a multitude of behaviours when detected by fish olfactory systems, from parental care, predation and alarm signalling, to foraging, schooling, reproduction, and migration. Chemical cues provide information that visual traits cannot and fish can respond to chemical cues without any additional sensory cue. In this way, pheromones play an essential role in the fitness of fishes. Given that Aphyocharax anisitsi inhabits environments characterized by cloudy and highly vegetated waters, it is interesting to evaluate the olfactory contribution in their communication. Here, we investigated the relevance of chemical cues in the types of behaviours triggered in A anisitsi by two experimental contexts: 1) non-social and olfactory context (conspecific-chemical cues), and 2) social context (conspecific female or male presence). Non-social context experiments suggest that males of A. anisitsi respond to both male and female-chemical cues even in the absence of other sensory inputs. The high olfactory sensitivity of characids in general and of A. anisitsi, in particular, could facilitate vital functions, such as foraging and conspecific recognition in habitats that impose severe restrictions on the visual system"
Keywords:		Animals *Characidae Cues Female Male Pheromones Predatory Behavior Smell Behaviour Characidae Chemical communication Fish;
Notes:		"MedlinePintos, Santiago Cavallino, Luciano Yanez, Agustina Vidal Pandolfi, Matias Pozzi, Andrea G eng Netherlands 2021/10/24 Behav Processes. 2021 Dec; 193:104533. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2021.104533. Epub 2021 Oct 20"