Coloration reflects behavioural types in the convict cichlid, Amatitlania siquia

Schweitzer, Cécile; Dechaume-Moncharmont, François-Xavier

doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.04.024

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“…Coloration is a cue for communication. Some animals, like fish, display carotenoid-based ornaments which are considered an honest signal of the body condition and parasite resistance [19] [22]. For example, studies showed that carotenoid-based coloration is related to social dominance [23].…”

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“…Each fish was photographed 3 times in a plane parallel to the body using a camera (Panasonic DMC-GH4). All pictures were converted into 8-bit greyscale [19] and analysed for colour using ImageJ software [20]. This software detects intensity of the colour of an image in a grayscale; it is used in the digital image and in this case, the value of each pixel (PX) has a value equivalent to a grayscale.…”

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The Effect of Live Food on the Coloration and Growth in Guppy Fish, <i>Poecilia reticulata</i>

Arce¹,

Archundia²,

Luna-Figueroa³

2018

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Colour production in fish is due mostly to food. In conditions of captivity, the type of food is restricted, while various types of food are used in aquaculture, from processed dry food to small aquatic animals. In this study, we used nauplii of Artemia franciscana, "water fleas" Moina wierzejski, micro-worm Panagrellus redivivus, and commercial flakes. We used Poecilia reticulata, which is one of the most traded fish in ornamental aquaculture and hypothesise that if the live food influences the coloration and growth of P. reticulata, there must be differences in the intensity of colour pattern and growth rate in fish fed with different living animals. Consistent with our prediction, females and males of P. reticulata were more colourful when they were fed on A. franciscana, P. redivivus and M. wierzejski than when they were fed commercial flakes. Females and males of P. reticulata fed with A. franciscana grew in less time than fish fed with P. redivivus, M. wierzejski, or commercial flakes. We conclude that live food is an excellent way to affect growth and coloration in fish.

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The Effect of Live Food on the Coloration and Growth in Guppy Fish, <i>Poecilia reticulata</i>

Arce¹,

Archundia²,

Luna-Figueroa³

2018

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“…The repeatability between the first and the second replicate for each behavioural trait was estimated first for the whole sample, and then separately for males and females. As activity and exploration scores followed a negative binomial distribution, repeatability was assessed using concordance correlation coefficient (Lin , ; Carrasco ; Schweitzer, Motreuil & Dechaume‐Moncharmont ; Monceau et al . ) using the package epi R (Stevenson et al .…”

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Personality, immune response and reproductive success: an appraisal of the pace‐of‐life syndrome hypothesis

Monceau

Dechaume-Moncharmont

Moreau

et al. 2017

Journal of Animal Ecology

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The pace-of-life syndrome (POLS) hypothesis is an extended concept of the life-history theory that includes behavioural traits. The studies challenging the POLS hypothesis often focus on the relationships between a single personality trait and a physiological and/or life-history trait. While pathogens represent a major selective pressure, few studies have been interested in testing relationships between behavioural syndrome, and several fitness components including immunity. The aim of this study was to address this question in the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor, a model species in immunity studies. The personality score was estimated from a multidimensional syndrome based of four repeatable behavioural traits. In a first experiment, we investigated its relationship with two measures of fitness (reproduction and survival) and three components of the innate immunity (haemocyte concentration, and levels of activity of the phenoloxidase including the total proenzyme and the naturally activated one) to challenge the POLS hypothesis in T. molitor. Overall, we found a relationship between behavioural syndrome and reproductive success in this species, thus supporting the POLS hypothesis. We also showed a sex-specific relationship between behavioural syndrome and basal immune parameters. In a second experiment, we tested whether this observed relationship with innate immunity could be confirmed in term of differential survival after challenging by entomopathogenic bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis. In this case, no significant relationship was evidenced. We recommend that future researchers on the POLS should control for differences in evolutionary trajectory between sexes and to pay attention to the choice of the proxy used, especially when looking at immune traits.

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“…All captured fish were anesthetised using MS-222 and their mass (M, g) and fork length (L F , mm) were measured. From these, Fulton's condition factor (K = M L F −3 ) (Fulton, 1904;Nash et al, 2006) was calculated. Visual L. salmonis counts were conducted on each fish and the number of L. salmonis at each life stage (i.e.…”

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The influence of aquaculture unit proximity on the pattern of Lepeophtheirus salmonis infection of anadromous Salmo trutta populations on the isle of Skye, Scotland

Moore

Dodd

Newton³

et al. 2018

Journal of Fish Biology

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A total of 230 anadromous Salmo trutta (brown trout) were sampled in five sheltered coastal fjords (or sea lochs) on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, U.K., in 2016 at varying distances from active Atlantic salmon Salmo salar farms. Statistical models were developed to investigate potential correlations between salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis burdens on S. trutta hosts and their proximity to S. salar farm cages. Significant correlations were found between lice burdens and fish fork length and proximity to the nearest S. salar farm. The probability of the presence of L. salmonis on fish hosts increased with fish host size and with distance from the nearest S. salar farm, but total lice burdens were highest in fish sampled near S. salar farms and decreased with distance. The proportion of different life-cycle stages of L. salmonis were also dependent on S. salar farm proximity, with higher juvenile lice numbers recorded at sites near S. salar farm cages. These results highlight the complexity of the relationship between S. trutta and L. salmonis infections on wild fish and emphasize the requirement of further research to quantify these effects to better inform conservation and management strategies, particularly in areas of active S. salar farm facilities.

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Coloration reflects behavioural types in the convict cichlid, Amatitlania siquia

Cited by 29 publications

References 77 publications

The Effect of Live Food on the Coloration and Growth in Guppy Fish, <i>Poecilia reticulata</i>

The Effect of Live Food on the Coloration and Growth in Guppy Fish, <i>Poecilia reticulata</i>

Personality, immune response and reproductive success: an appraisal of the pace‐of‐life syndrome hypothesis

The influence of aquaculture unit proximity on the pattern of Lepeophtheirus salmonis infection of anadromous Salmo trutta populations on the isle of Skye, Scotland

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Coloration reflects behavioural types in the convict cichlid, Amatitlania siquia

Cited by 29 publications

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The Effect of Live Food on the Coloration and Growth in Guppy Fish, &lt;i&gt;Poecilia reticulata&lt;/i&gt;

The Effect of Live Food on the Coloration and Growth in Guppy Fish, &lt;i&gt;Poecilia reticulata&lt;/i&gt;

Personality, immune response and reproductive success: an appraisal of the pace‐of‐life syndrome hypothesis

The influence of aquaculture unit proximity on the pattern of Lepeophtheirus salmonis infection of anadromous Salmo trutta populations on the isle of Skye, Scotland

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The Effect of Live Food on the Coloration and Growth in Guppy Fish, <i>Poecilia reticulata</i>

The Effect of Live Food on the Coloration and Growth in Guppy Fish, <i>Poecilia reticulata</i>