The Effects of Color Patterns on Aggressive Behaviors of a Freshwater Serranid Fish, Coreoperca kawamebari

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概要

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• A freshwater serranid fish, Coreoperca kawamebari, show an intermediate coloration over the entire body with conspicuous eye-like spots when it is motivated aggressively and it displays a striped pattern when motivated in fear. A sexually-motivated female shows a black color over her entire body with a white vertex band. Whether the aggression-releasing effect differs among the aggressive, fear and courting-female patterns was studied using two-dimensional dummies made of paper. The aggressive pattern elicited highly aggressive behaviors, i.e., tail-beating, threat nipping and biting, whereas the fear and courting-female patterns released few aggressive activities. The results show that the color patterns of this fish function as sign stimuli in intraspecific agonistic communication.

• 社団法人日本動物学会の論文
• 1983-09-25

著者

• Kohda Yasutoshi

  Department Of Biology College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences Okayama University

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