Intra-sexual preferences for familiar fish in male guppies

D. P. Croft; B. J. Arrowsmith; M. Webster; J. Krause

doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2004.00305.x

Intra-sexual preferences for familiar fish in male guppies

D. P. Croft^*, B. J. Arrowsmith, M. Webster, J. Krause

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Abstract

Male guppies Poecilia reticulata were observed to develop shoaling preferences for familiar males over a 12 day period, at which time they showed a clear preference for familiar over non-familiar males.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	279-283
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Fish Biology
Volume	64
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2004.00305.x
Publication status	Published - Jan 2004

Keywords

Group living
Reciprocal altruism
Shoaling

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Intra-sexual preferences for familiar fish in male guppies

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