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Introduction
Phylogenesis of reproductive strategies in fishes.
Parental food provisioning in fishes.
Evolution of parental care.
History of ichthyology.
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May 1993 - present
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
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January 1993 - present
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The reproductive state of the climbing perch Anabas testudineus was studied for the first time in situation when its sexual activity is least expected (in the main stem of a large river, during the dry season and in the arid area). Most of examined specimens in riparian zone of the upper Đà Rȃ`ng River (Central Highlands in Vietnam) were spawning c...
Non-random mating plays a key role in speciation and impacts the individual life history. Body size is known to be one of the most important traits on which the mate choice is based. Various patterns of body size preference are known in fish, but they have been studied in a limited number of species. Although the climbing perch (Anabas testudineus)...
This paper examines the history of discovery, early research and description of Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792) (Anabantidae), an amphibious fish from southern India that was said to climb palm trees and so has been dubbed the “climbing perch”. Amphibious fishes constitute one of the most unusual groups of aquatic creatures since they can spend pa...
We examined sexual dimorphism and parental care in the chocolate gourami ( Sphaerichthys osphromenoides ) by visual observations, video recording of spawning, and histological analysis of the gonads of individuals in which spawning and mouthbrooding was previously observed. S. osphromenoides is considered a rare exception among labyrinth fishes (Os...
1. The Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot has one of the world's most species-rich
inland waters. However, its freshwater biodiversity faces habitat loss and species
extinction due to large-scale development of water resources, pollution,
exploitation of native biota, and introduced non-native species.
2. These threats include the South American sucke...
The invasion risk of non-native suckermouth catfishes Pterygoplichthys spp. in the River Dinh (Vietnam) was evaluated using two related decision-support tools, namely the Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit (FISK) and the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK). The results of screenings obtained independently by three assessors using both...
Неслучайный выбор партнера по размножению играет важную роль как в процессах видообразования, так и в жизненной стратегии конкретной особи. Один из ключевых критериев выбора – размер тела. У рыб известны различные типы размерной избирательности партнеров, однако исследован этот компонент репродуктивной стратегии только у небольшого числа видов. Нес...
The first report on terrestrial movements of amphibious fish was published at the end of the 18th century, but very little is still known about this behavior. Several hypotheses were suggested as to why amphibious fish leave the water, but none has been confirmed to date. Short overland movements of amphibious fish between water bodies occur during...
The first report on terrestrial movements of amphibious fish was published at the end of the 18th century, but so far very little is known about this behaviour. Several hypotheses were suggested as to why amphibious fish leave the water, but none has been confirmed to date. Short overland movements of amphibious fish between water bodies occur duri...
Anabantoid fishes comprise a unique group, most of whose representatives are characterized by diverse forms of parental care. Evolutional reconstruction of the reproductive strategies of anabantoids is challenging, partly due to the lack of reliable evidence of parental care in a number of its representatives, the most famous of which is the climbi...
Ползуновидные рыбы представляют собой уникальную группу, большинство представителей которой проявляют многообразную по формам заботу о потомстве. Реконструкция эволюции репродуктивных стратегий ползуновидных проблематична, что, в частности, связано с отсутствием достоверных подтверждений родительской заботы у ряда ее представителей, наиболее извест...
The dynamics of publication activities devoted to the climbing perch from 1969 to 2018 is analyzed. It is shown that sharp increases in the number of publications at the turn of the millennium coincide with changes in international and national strategies for tropical fish aquaculture, focusing on cultivation of fast-growing native fish species and...
The Invasive Species Compendium (ISC) is an encyclopedic resource that brings together a wide range of different types of science-based information to support decision-making in invasive species management worldwide.
The US Department of Agriculture is a lead partner with CABI in the development of this Compendium which has been resourced by a div...
This article describes early development of the climbing perch Anabas testudineus in relation to its buoyancy dynamics. Main patterns of the ontogeny during the first 140 h of development are described. The climbing perch is characterized by positive buoyancy of eggs and early larvae not usually found in other freshwater fish. This allows the fish...
Представлены результаты исследования раннего развития анабаса Anabas testudineus в связи с динамикой его плавучести. Описаны основные особенности онтогенеза на протяжении первых 140 ч развития. Нетипичная для пресноводных рыб положительная плавучесть икры и ранних личинок анабаса, благодаря которой они развиваются под самой поверхностью воды, обесп...
Представлены результаты исследования влияния социального фактора на скорость и успешность освоения нового корма анабасом Anabas testudineus. Рыбы, живущие в группе, лучше питались на протяжении всего эксперимента, начиная с первого дня. Количество съеденных ими гранул всегда превышало таковое у одиночно живущих особей. Скорость освоения нового корм...
Results of investigation of how social context affects responses to, and consumption of the novel food in climbing perch, Anabas testudineus, are presented. The fish living in group fed better from the first day of the experiment. The quantity of consumed pellets always exceeded that in solitary specimens. Their rate of habituation to the novel foo...
Clado- and semogenetic approaches, when used in concert, make it possible to resolve questions concerning the phylogenetic relationships between group representatives, as well as the phylogenesis of those representatives’ characters. Parental care patterns and other forms of reproductive behavior, along with the reproductive strategy as a whole, ca...
Комплексное использование кладистического и семогенетического подходов позволяет получить ответ на вопросы, связанные как с филогенетическими отношениями между представителями группы, так и с филогенезом признаков у этих представителей. Забота о потомстве и другие формы репродуктивного поведения, а также стратегии размножения в целом могут быть объ...
Results of investigation of the ichthyofauna of Nyukzha River (Lena basin), its tributaries (Jeltula, Nerunga (Malaya Nrunna), and Ogyngli), and lakes of this system are presented. The list of fishes revealed in this region includes 12 species belonging to seven families and five orders. The problem of the taxonomic status of a number of species in...
Представлены результаты исследования ихтиофауны р. Нюкжа (бассейн Лены), её притоков (Джелтула, Нерунга (Малая Нрунна), Огынгли) и озёр данной системы. Список обнаруженных в данном районе рыб включает 12 видов, относящихся к 7 семействам и 5 отрядам. Обсуждается проблема таксономического статуса ряда видов из исследованного района.
За примерно 40 лет работы в Лондонском музее естественной истории Джордж Альберт Буленджер написал 877 научных работ, опубликовал около двух десятков книг и описал 1096 новых видов рыб, 556 видов амфибий и 872 вида пресмыкающихся. Получается, что на протяжении четырёх десятков лет он каждый месяц готовил две публикации, не считая монографий, и опис...
Euryhalinity is a considerable feature of the fish fauna of Vietnam. In general, the expansion of salinity tolerance in Vietnamese freshwater fishes, the progressive development of euryhaline and eurytropic species is probably the notable trends in their history and evolution. In many (especially tropical) regions the ecological continuum between f...
Представлены результаты исследования ихтиофауны р. Нюкжа (бассейн Лены), её притоков (Джелтула, Нерунга (Малая Нрунна), Огынгли) и озёр данной системы. Список обнаруженных в данном районе рыб включает 12 видов, относящихся к 7 семействам и 5 отрядам. Обсуждается проблема таксономического статуса ряда видов из исследованного района.
В коллективной монографии изложены результаты многолетних исследований внутренних водоёмов Вьетнама, осуществлённых специалистами Института проблем экологии и эволюции им. А.Н. Северцова РАН, Института биологии внутренних вод им. И.Д. Папанина РАН, Московского государственного университета им. М.В. Ломоносова и других научных учреждений. Все исслед...
The occurrence of non-indigenous armoured catfish Pterygoplichthys aff. pardalis from the Dinh River basin (Khan Hoa Province, Vietnam) is reported. We provide data indicating that this may be a naturalised population and present information on the fish reproduction, which points to possible batch spawning. Potential threats posed by the armoured c...
Results of study of the spawning and reproductive behavior of the climbing perch Anabas testudineus in an aquarium are presented. Main specific features of reproduction of this species are revealed. In the performed experiments, climbing perches did not build a nest, did not prepare a spawning substrate, and did not show any forms of parental care....
Buoyancy dynamics of floating eggs and larvae was studied in the climbing perch (Anabas testudineus). True positive buoyancy seldom occurs in species of freshwater fishes, and climbing perch represents such scarce case. During early life stage offspring of climbing perch is buoyant due to the big oil globule in the yolk. Dimensional proportions and...
Представлены результаты исследования нереста и репродуктивного поведения рыбы-ползуна Anabas testudineus (анабаса) в аквариуме. Выявлены основные особенности размножения данного вида. В проведённых экспериментах анабасы не строили гнездо, не готовили нерестовый субстрат и не проявляли никаких форм заботы о потомстве. Описано преднерестовое и нерест...
Представлены результаты исследования влияния присутствия модельного хищника на кормление потомства родительскими особями цихловой рыбы - чернополосой цихлазомы. Рассмотрены основные различия между самцом и самкой в семейной группе и их трансформация при наличии потенциальной угрозы для кладки и выводка. Проанализирована динамика поведения на протяж...
Results of study of the effect of presence of model predator on parental care in convict cichlid Amatitlania nigrofasciata are presented. Main differences in parental functions of male and female in the family group and their transformation in
the case of a potential threat for the clutch and litter are considered. The dynamics of parental behavior...
Представлены результаты исследования влияния присутствия модельного хищника на заботу о потомстве у чернополосой цихлазомы Amatitlania nigrofasciata. Рассмотрены основные различия в родительских функциях самца и самки в семейной группе и их трансформация при наличии потенциальной угрозы для кладки и выводка. Проанализирована динамика родительского...
An allochtonous cichlid fish Rocio octofasciata (Regan, 1903), new to Russian fish fauna, was identified and described in Staraya Kuban Lake, in the city of Krasnodar. An
analysis of this species’ living conditions in various regions (within the native range, in the water bodies of the southern
United States that it invaded, and in Staraya Kuban La...
Reproductive, feeding and migratory behaviour of the climbing perch (Anabas testudineus) in Khánh Hòa Province, Vietnam.
Results of studies of cichlid fish Rocio octofasciata, a new species for Russia that naturalized in Lake Staraya Kuban (the city of Krasnodar) are presented. Estimates of the
main meristic characteristics of the fish and a description of its coloration, as well as data on the feeding of cichlasomines
in the lake and values of several most important...
Представлены результаты исследования нового для ихтиофауны России вида – восьмиполосой цихлазомы Rocio octofasciata, натурализовавшейся в оз. Старая Кубань (г. Краснодар). Приведены оценки основных меристических признаков рыб и описание их окраски, а также данные по питанию цихлазом в озере и значения ряда важнейших морфофункциональных характеристи...
Studies of relationships of the lake Tana ”large barbs” (Barbus intermedius complex) as well as attempts to find effective means of their protection are hampered with the lack of data on their reproduction ecology. Relevant information can be obtained from samples of eggs collected at spawning grounds in the lake Tana tributaries. We collected the...
Определен и описан новый для ихтиофауны России аллохтонный вид – восьмиполосая цихлазома Rocio octofasciata (Regan, 1903), населяющий оз. Старая Кубань, г. Краснодар. Проведено сравнение условий жизни данного вида в различных регионах: в историческом ареале, в водоемах юга США и в оз. Старая Кубань. Сформулировано предположение, согласно которому в...
The role of chemoreception in mate choice was studied in barbs of the complex Barbus intermedius from Lake Tana. It was found that chemical communication may be used in reproductive interactions of the barbs, and that males are responsible for the choice. Mature males tend to prefer ripe females and avoid both immature females and mature males, or...
Приведены результаты экспериментов по определению роли хеморецепции при выборе брачного партнера у усачей комплекса Barbus intermedius из оз. Тана. Установлено, что химическая сигнализация используется усачами в межиндивидуальных репродуктивных взаимодействиях; брачных партнеров выбирают самцы. Зрелые самцы предпочитают зрелых самок и избегают незр...
Our results suggest that in the riverine B. intermedius spawning in the Gumara River, chemoreception plays an important part in choosing mating partners, and that the choice is made by males. It was also shown that specificity of chemical signals may be the base of reproductive isolation between, at least, some of the morphotypes of the Lake Tana b...
This study examined habituation of the predator inspection behavior in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata) and its relationship with boldness (open field locomotion). Two different strategies were discovered: (1) initial inspection of a predator-like fish, correlated with boldness; (2) subsequent surveillance, governed by a random underlying process an...
This work is a brief review of a series of studies of the phenotypic organization and ecological significance of individual differences in fish behavior. The following species were studied: guppy Poecilia retuculata, lion-headed cichlid Steatocranus cassuarius, and the convict cichlid Archocentrus nigrofasciatum. We developed methods for the analys...
Although parental care in fishes does not usually include food provisioning of offspring after hatching, various types of this kind of investment have been documented in some bony fishes, and particularly, in cichlids. However, brood provisioning in cichlid fishes has been studied much less than other forms of their parental care. One example of su...
Although parental care in fishes does not usually include food provisioning of offspring after hatching, various types of this kind of investment have been documented in some bony fishes, and particularly, in cichlids. One example of such poorly understood patterns of parental behaviour in cichlids is stirring up the bottom substrate containing det...
Впервые проведено комплексное исследование одной из наименее изученных форм родительского поведения цихловых рыб – взмучивания донного субстрата. Было доказано, что данное поведение служит для обеспечения потомства кормом. Выявлен рост интенсивности взмучивания с возрастом потомства. Показана роль накормленности родителей как фактора, регулирующего...
The function of the fin digging behaviour in increasing food availability for the offspring was analysed in the convict cichlid, Cichlasoma (Archocentrus) nigrofasciatum. Consistent individual differences in the frequency of fin digging were found in the parental fish. Examination of the gastrointestinal tract of young revealed that higher frequenc...
This paper reviews a series of studies of fin digging, one of the least studied forms of parental behavior in cichlid fishes (Cichlidae). It was found that the main adaptive function of this behavioral patter is parental brood provisioning. The fin digging intensity increased with the offspring age. The parental satiation state regulates the intens...
The development of individual differences in behaviour in a novel environment, in the presence of a strange fish and during aggressive interactions with a mirror-image was studied in the lion-headed cichlid (Steatocranus casuarius, Teleostei, Cichlidae). No consistency in behaviour was found at 4–5.5 months of age. However, behaviours scored in sit...
We examined whether individual differences in patterns of parental care relate to individual differences in situations involving novelty, risk and aggression in the convict cichlid, Cichlasoma (Archocentrus) nigrofasciatum . Individual differences in situations of novelty and risk could be summarized along two axes: Freezing versus Activity and Act...
Although parental care in fishes does not usually include provisioning offspring after hatching, various types of brood provisioning have been documented for some bony fishes, and in particular, for cichlids. For example, fin digging occurs among biparental substrate brooding cichlids of the ‘genus’ Cichlasoma sensu lato. Parental fin digging by Ci...
Shoaling behaviour in fishes is acknowledged as an important adaptive mechanism, and its benefit as a defence against predators is particularly well documented. However, as in other behavioural strategies, shoaling may have associated costs, namely increased competition for limited resources and, possibly, manipulation by conspecifics. In the prese...
Individual differences and alternative strategies have been documented in many species. Currently, they are considered not as a “white noise”, but as an important result of evolution that can be maintained by natural selection for a variety of reasons. In the present article we document alternative tactics in one crucial element of parental care, t...
Consistency of individual differences in several measures of Skinner box operant and other activity and their intercorrelations in 14 chinchilla bred rabbits were studied. Reliability analysis revealed that both operant and activity measures were highly consistent (Cronbach alpha>0.87) over at least 15 days. Furthermore, locomotor activity, the ten...
Проведен количественный анализ динамики развития родительского поведения самца и самки восьмиполосой цихлазомы с момента нереста и до конца существования семейной группы. Обсуждены некоторые особенности организации и взаимосвязь родительских вкладов партнеров.
Parental behavior of males and females of the cichlid fish, Cichlasoma octofasciatum, was quantitatively analyzed from the moment of spawning until the dispersal of the family group. Certain aspects of the organization and interrelationships of parental investment of the partners are discussed.
The food factor influences more on parental care of male than of female in substrate guarder fish Cichlasoma octofasciatum (Regan, 1908). The parental motion activity of a satisfied male is smaller than that of a hungry one. The former spends greatest portion of time in immobility close to the nest guarding it. The tactic of a hungry male is quite...
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Hi! Please help me find the following paper:
Mookerjee, H.K., Mazumdar, S.R. (1946). On the life history, breeding and rearing of Anabas testudineus Bloch. J. Dep. Sci. Cal. Univ., 2, 101–140.
It would be very much appreciated.
Dmitry
A variety of theories and models of the evolution of parental care in animals usually consider the origin of various modes of parental care from an ancestral state of no care. Some models of transitions between the reproductive strategies suggest the probability of a reverse process associated with generalization of life history and the evolutionary loss of parental care (see e.g. Mank et al., 2005; Klug, Bonsall, 2010). In which groups of animals have such evolutionary transformations been purposefully investigated and shown? The fishes are most interesting for me.
