Using video playbacks to study visual communication in a marine fish, Salaria pavo

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Visual communication in the marine fish, Salaria pavo, was studied using video playbacks.

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Intersexual copying by sneaker males of the peacock blenny

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Typically, animals choose to mate with animals they have seen courted or been in close contact with sexual partners. Research was conducted on mate copying, to determine if it is adaptive. Peacock blennies were used as subjects.

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Courting females: ecological constraints affect sex roles in a natural population of the blenniid fish Salaria pavo

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The ecological modulation affects sex roles in a natural population of the blenniid fish, Salaria pavo. The female initiation of mating predominates over male intra-sexual competition, active courtship and developed epigamic characters in males. More than one female of S. pavo comes to the nest and each female mates with different males during the breeding season. The males are selective in admitting the females to the nest. The ability of females to spawn determines the male courtship behavior for the nest sites.

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