Putative pheromones from the anal glands of male blennies attract females and enhance male reproductive success.

Parental males of several blenniid species have a pair of glands on the anal fin. These are thought to be a source of pheromones for female attraction and/or of antimicrobials for egg protection. In Salaria pavo, we tested the female attraction hypothesis and whether the anal glands are essential fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barata, Eduardo N. (author)
Other Authors: Serrano, Rui M. (author), Miranda, António (author), Nogueira, Rita (author), Hubbard, Peter C. (author), Canário, Adelino V.M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2008
Subjects:
fish
marine
teleost
pheromone
behaviour
reproduction
Blenniidae
peacock blenny
Salaria pavo
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/1093
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/1093

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http://hdl.handle.net/10174/1093

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