Bi-parental mucus provisioning in the scale-eating cichlid Perissodus microlepis (Cichlidae)
Bi-parental mucus provisioning in the scale-eating cichlid Perissodus microlepis (Cichlidae)
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食鳞慈鲷 Perissodus microlepis(丽鱼科)的双亲粘液供给
DOI:
10.1093/biolinnean/blz124
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
1.9
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M
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作者:
Satoh;S.;Awata;S.;Tanaka;H.;Jordan;L.A.;Kakuda;U.;Hori;M.;Kohda;M
Although parental care is known to occur in a wide range of teleost fishes, postnatal provisioning of nutrition has been documented rarely. Here, we describe a novel example of bi-parental care in a teleost, i.e. mucus-provisioning behaviour in the scale-eating cichlidPerissodus microlepisendemic to Lake Tanganyika. Field observations revealed that young guarded by their parents frequently glanced towards the body surface of both parents. Furthermore, analyses of stomach contents of the young found the presence of ingested mucus, confirming that the young feed on the mucus secretions of their parents. The frequency of glancing behaviour increased with size of the young up to ~13 mm in standard length, but then declined with further growth. Additionally, the frequency of glancing of young towards their parents was higher when the frequency of foraging on plankton was lower. Underwater cage experiments revealed a higher rate of growth in the young kept in direct contact with their parents than in those not allowed direct contact. We conclude that glancing behaviour in youngP. microlepisis a form of direct parental nourishment that confers growth benefits to the young when food abundance is low.
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