Familiarity in schooling fish: How long does it take to acquire?

Siân W. Griffiths*, Anne E. Magurran

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Abstract

Previous work has demonstrated that fish prefer to school with familiar individuals. In this study schooling preferences for familiar female guppies, Poecilia reticulata, developed gradually over 12 days, but once established were maintained. This contrasts with condition-dependent recognition in which fish rapidly learn to discriminate between conspecifics on the basis of obvious morphological differences such as body size.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)945-949
Number of pages5
JournalAnimal Behaviour
Volume53
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 1997

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