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Intra-sexual preferences for familiar fish in male guppies

  • D. P. Croft*
  • , B. J. Arrowsmith
  • , M. Webster
  • , J. Krause
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)279-283
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Fish Biology
Volume64
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2004

Keywords

  • Group living
  • Reciprocal altruism
  • Shoaling

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