Journal
BEHAVIOUR
Volume 147, Issue 1, Pages 121-132Publisher
BRILL ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1163/000579509X12512765640529
Keywords
fish models; mate attraction; olfaction; urine; vision
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- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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Fish are known to communicate in many ways and commonly use olfactory and visual signals. When round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) males become reproductive, they change from mottled grey to black and release sex steroids in their urine. In this study, we conducted a laboratory experiment to determine if reproductive female round gobies were attracted to a combination of olfactory (urine) and visual (silicone models) stimuli, representing reproductive and non-reproductive male round gobies. Females spent significantly more time at a nest with a black reproductive male model compared with a mottled non-reproductive male model. Neither urine type nor the interaction between model type and urine affected the time spent by reproductive females at a nest. Knowledge of the reproductive habits of the round goby may enable researchers to develop a method of species control for this invasive fish by manipulating its breeding habits.
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