Sand-transfer behavior outside the nest by guarding parents of the Tanganyikan cichlid, Neolamprologus caudopunctatus

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 419-422

  Ochi, Haruki ^a   Yanagisawa, Yasunobu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cichlid; Lake Tanganyika; Parental behavior

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS CAUDOPUNCTATUS;

EID: 0033271925     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02673984     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Blumer, L. S. 1979. Male parental care in the bony fishes. Quart. Rev. Biol., 54: 149-161.
2. Breder, C. M. and D. E. Rosen. 1966. Modes of reproduction in fishes. Natural History Press, New York. xv+941 pp.
3. Fryer, G. and T. D. Iles. 1972. The cichlid fishes of the Great Lakes of Africa. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh. xv+641 pp.
4. Gashagaza, M. M. 1991. Diversity of breeding habits in lamprologini cichlids in Lake Tanganyika. Physiol. Ecol. Japan, 28: 29-65.
5. Gross, M. R. and R. C. Sargent. 1985. The evolution of male and female parental care in fishes. Am. Zool., 25: 807-822.
6. Hori, M. 1983. Feeding ecology of thirteen species of Lamprologus (Teleostei; Cichlidae) coexisting at a rocky shore of Lake Tanganyika. Physiol. Ecol. Japan, 20: 129-149.
7. Keenleyside, M. H. A. 1978. Parental care behavior in fishes and birds. Pages 1-19 in E. S. Reese and F. J. Lighter, eds. Contrasts in Behavior. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
8. Keenleyside, M. H. A. 1979. Diversity and adaptation in fish behaviour. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. xiii+208 pp.
9. Keenleyside, M. H. A. 1991. Parental care. Pages 191-208 in M. H. A. Keenleyside, ed. Cichlid fishes: behaviour, ecology and evolution. Chapman and Hall, London.
10. Kohda, M. 1994. Individual specialized foraging repertoires in the piscivorous cichlid fish, Lepidiolamprologus profundicola. Anim. Behav., 48: 1123-1131.
11. Konings, A. 1988. Tanganyika cichlids. Raket B.V, Pijnacker, The Netherlands. 272 pp.
12. Kuwamura, T. 1986. Substratum spawning and biparental guarding of the Tanganyikan cichlid, Boulengerochromis microlepis, with notes on its life history. Physiol. Ecol. Japan, 23: 31-43.
13. Nakai, K., Y. Yanagisawa, T. Sato, Y. Niimura and M. M. Gashagaza. 1990. Lunar synchronization of spawning in cichlid fishes of the tribe Lamprologini in Lake Tanganyika. J. Fish Biol., 37: 589-598.
14. Nakano, S. and M. Nagoshi. 1990. Brood defence and parental care in a biparental cichlid fish Lamprologus toae in Lake Tanganyika. Japan. J. Ichthyol., 36: 468-476.
15. Ochi, H. and Y. Yanagisawa. 1998. Commensalism between cichlid fishes through differential tolerance of guarding parents toward intruders. J. Fish Biol., 52: 985-996.
16. Yanagisawa, Y., H. Ochi and M. M. Gashagaza. 1997. Habitat use in cichlid fishes for breeding. Pages 149-173 in H. Kawanabe, M. Hori and M. Nagoshi, eds. Fish communities in Lake Tanganyika. Kyoto University Press, Kyoto.