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- Title
Intraspecific brood mixing and reduced polyandry in a maternal mouth-brooding cichlid.
- Authors
Kellogg, Karen A.; Markert, Jeffrey A.; Stauffer, Jay R.; Kocher, Thomas D.
- Abstract
Microsatellite loci were used to evaluate the level of polyandry and intraspecific brood mixing in Protomelas c.f. spilopterus, a paedophagous, maternal mouth-brooding cichlid from Lake Makaŵi Africa. We found that broods were fertilized by one to three males, which was a reduced level of multiple paternity compared to other mouth-brooding cichlids. Low density of breeding males and the risk of intraspecific predation are likely explanations for reduced polyandry. Intraspecific brood-mixing was found in four out of the six broods examined, with the proportions of foreign fry ranging from 6% to 65%. The potential origins of brood mixing are discussed, although no firm conclusions can be drawn given the limited behavioral observations for this species.
- Subjects
POLYANDRY; CICHLID behavior; ANIMAL clutches; FISH breeding; FISH feeds
- Publication
Behavioral Ecology, 1998, Vol 9, Issue 3, p309
- ISSN
1045-2249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/beheco/9.3.309