Sexual behaviour of a Masu salmon parr, with implications for the evolution of parr sexual behaviour in the salmonines
Sexual behaviour of a Masu salmon parr, with implications for the evolution of parr sexual behaviour in the salmonines
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马苏鲑鱼帕尔的性行为,对鲑科鲑鱼帕尔性行为进化的影响
DOI:
10.1111/j.1600-0633.2010.00455.x
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发表时间:
2011
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
M. Kawahara
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作者:
M. Esteve;D. A. Mclennan;M. Kawahara
The salmonines are a subfamily of teleost fishcontaining at least six genera (Brachymystax, Hucho,Parahucho, Salvelinus, Salmo and Oncorhynchus) thatare naturally distributed in the cold temperate waters ofthe Northern hemisphere. Many species of Salmo,Salvelinus and Oncorhynchus have parr that matureprecociously and are able to spawn with adult females(Fleming1998andreferences therein).Parr congregatearound nesting females when the spawning seasonstarts. They establish a dominance hierarchy, in whichlarger parr hold the best positions within the redd,edging in as close to the nest as possible (e.g., Thomazet al. 1997; Koseki & Maekawa 2000). At the momentof spawning, dominant parr, and occasionally sub-dominant ones sheltering in refuges around the nest(Esteve 2005), dart beside or between the spawningpair and release milt. The reproductive contribution ofsuch males is not trivial, 40–60% eggs are fertilised byparr in some Atlantic salmon populations(Garant et al.2001;Garci´a-Va´zquezet al.2001;Taggartet al.2001).To date, there is only one paper describing theactual behaviour a parr performs during spawning.Jones & King (1952) reported that an Atlantic salmon(Salmo salar) parr gaped his mouth and trembled hisbody during milt release in a manner very similar tothat shown by adult males. Are gaping and tremblingpart of the salmonine parr behavioural repertoire or arethey unique to S. salar? For over 50 years, thisquestion has remained unanswered. In 2007, wevideotaped the spawning behaviour of masu salmon(Oncorhynchus masou) in the Sanru River, northernHokkaido, Japan using a Sony TRV 900 colour digitalvideo mounted inside an underwater housing, operatedremotely (for details of the study see Esteve et al.2009). We recorded a spawning episode in which thebehaviours of the nesting female (approximately 50–60 cm in length), the adult male (70–80 cm) courtingand guarding her and a parr (12–14 cm) were capturedon film (supporting information Video Clip S1).The parr was recorded quivering, a typical salmo-nine male courtship behaviour consisting of highfrequency and short amplitude body vibrationsdirected towards the female while their bodies areparallel to each other. Quivering was recorded on threeoccasions (46, 39 and 35 min before the spawningact). All three quiverings followed a similar pattern:the parr, hovering in a position approximately 10–15 cm above the gravel and about 20 cm to the side ofthe female, descended towards the female. Once hecontacted her side, he began quivering and moveddown her body to the anal fin. At this point, he beganan accelerated movement upwards while partiallygaping his mouth. Each quivering episode lasted forabout one second. The spawning act occurred at 17:14(local time). At that time, the female was being courtedand guarded by an adult male located on her left side.The parr was located on her right approximately15 cm away. Seven seconds before the female initiatedspawning, the parr charged and chased away anotherparr located one metre downstream from the nest. Twoseconds later, he was back in his original position.Five seconds later, the female initiated spawning bylying on the nest with her anal fin pressed into thegravel, her tail raised upwards, her jaws agape and her
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发表时间:
2009
期刊:
PLoS ONE 4(6)
影响因子:
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作者:
Yuya Makiguchi;Shinya Nagata;Takahito Kojima;Masaki Ichimura;Yoshifumi Konno;Hideki Murata;Hiroshi Ueda
通讯作者:
Hiroshi Ueda