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Title:		"Chemical communication in social behavior of a fish, the yellow bullhead (Ictalurus natalis)"
Author(s):		Todd JH; Atema J; Bardach JE;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1967
Volume:		158
Issue:		3801
Page Number:		672 - 673
DOI:		10.1126/science.158.3801.672
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Studies of behavior in yellow bullheads showed that they recognized individuals of their own species by means of pheromones. After training by reward and punishment, blinded bullheads were able to discriminate between the odors of two donor fish, but they lost this ability when deprived of their sense of smell. The main source of the intraspecific chemical stimuli involved in recognition is the mucus. A change in status after fighting was chemically communicated to other bullheads"
Keywords:		"*Animal Communication Animals *Behavior, Animal Discrimination Learning *Fishes Marine Biology *Pheromones Smell;"
Notes:		"MedlineTodd, J H Atema, J Bardach, J E eng 1967/11/03 Science. 1967 Nov 3; 158(3801):672-3. doi: 10.1126/science.158.3801.672"