Brief review of fish pheromones and discussion of their possible uses in the control of non‐indigenous teleost fishes

Sorensen, Peter W.; Stacey, N. E.

doi:10.1080/00288330.2004.9517248

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“…Large catches of adult humpback chub in single nets are very uncommon except in the LCR during spawning season. It is possible that a gravid female humpback chub was present in this net and other fish were attracted to it by pheromones released by the gravid fish (Sorensen and Stacey, 2004).…”

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Colorado River fish monitoring in Grand Canyon, Arizona; 2002–14 humpback chub aggregations

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Colorado River fish monitoring in Grand Canyon, Arizona; 2002–14 humpback chub aggregations

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“…Among this group of chemicals, sex pheromones are involved in reproduction by mediating location of suitable partners, evoking appropriate behavioural and endocrine responses, and improving synchronisation of gametogenesis, spawning, fertility and paternity (see reviews by Burnard et al, 2008;Stacey et al, 2003). The identification and characterisation of these compounds is important for understanding fish reproductive physiology (Stacey, 2011) and as a potential tool for population management (e.g., aquaculture and species invasions) (Johnson and Li, 2010;Sorensen and Stacey, 2004).…”

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Tilapia male urinary pheromone stimulates female reproductive axis

Huertas

Almeida

Canário

et al. 2014

General and Comparative Endocrinology

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a b s t r a c tMozambique tilapia males congregate in leks where they establish dominance hierarchies and attract females to spawn in sandy pits. Dominant males store more urine than subordinates and the pattern of urination and the high sensitivity of females to male urine suggest chemical signalling via the urine. Here we show that pre-ovulated and post-spawn females when exposed to dominant male urine increased significantly, in less than 1 h, the release rate of the maturation-inducing steroid 17,20b-dihydroxypregn-4-en-3-one which is maintained elevated for at least 6 h. This indicates a pheromonal role for male urine in the synchronisation of spawning. Furthermore, we show that the lack of affinity of 17,20bP to sex steroid binding globulin explains, at least partly, its rapid release and lack of detection in the blood. Thus tilapia urine involvement in several communication processes confirms that cichlids have evolved a sophisticated chemical signalling system together with their complex visual, acoustic and behavioural displays.

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“…These cues, which fish detect with their olfactory sense, are known from laboratory studies to be released in large quantities, and are typically both gender and life‐stage specific, and could be measured by field biologists although this has not yet been systematically examined (Sorensen & Johnson, 2016). Further, they are especially well understood in the family cyprinidae and the Carps in particular (Sorensen & Stacey, 2004; Stacey & Sorensen, 2009). Prostaglandin F 2α (PGF 2α ), a pheromone released by mature female Common Carp and their relatives (Stacey & Sorensen, 2009), as well many other species (as parts of mixtures), is especially interesting because it has proven to be measurable using mass spectrometry (MS) (Lim & Sorensen, 2011, 2012).…”

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Attracting Common Carp to a bait site with food reveals strong positive relationships between fish density, feeding activity, environmental DNA, and sex pheromone release that could be used in invasive fish management

Ghosal

Eichmiller

Witthuhn

et al. 2018

Ecology and Evolution

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Measurement of environmental DNA (eDNA) is becoming a common technique to survey for rare and invasive fish due to its sensitivity and specificity. However, its utility is limited by an incomplete understanding of factors governing its sources and fates. Failure to detect eDNA is especially difficult to interpret so surveillance techniques often collect large numbers of samples across broad regions. If, however, fish could be reliably attracted to a single location where their eDNA could be easily measured that would be useful. We conducted a proof‐of‐concept study of this idea using invasive Common Carp. We monitored the distribution of radio‐tagged Carp and their eDNA across a 67 ha lake focusing at the bait site while a pheromone (Prostaglandin F2α; PGF 2α) was also measured to determine their reproductive condition. Prior to baiting, Carp were patchily distributed and while eDNA was occasionally detectable, it was patchy and only loosely associated with moderately dense groups of fish. Further, neither Carp, nor their eDNA were consistently measurable at the bait site and surrounding region, and the pheromone was not measurable at all. However, once baiting commenced, Carp started visiting the bait site and feeding, especially at night, where eDNA levels increased 500‐fold as fish densities doubled and PGF 2α became detectable. Fish presence, eDNA and pheromone concentrations peaked at night after 6 days, strongly suggesting feeding activity was the main driver. While the presence of eDNA precisely coincided with this aggregation, levels had dropped dramatically within 5 m. PGF 2α levels dropped less rapidly and demonstrated the presence of live mature fish. We suggest that food could be used to train fish to come to locations where they otherwise are too scarce to be reliably measured, increasing their eDNA release, making them measurable, and their reproductive condition also discernable by measuring pheromones.

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Brief review of fish pheromones and discussion of their possible uses in the control of non‐indigenous teleost fishes

Cited by 146 publications

References 101 publications

Colorado River fish monitoring in Grand Canyon, Arizona; 2002–14 humpback chub aggregations

Colorado River fish monitoring in Grand Canyon, Arizona; 2002–14 humpback chub aggregations

Tilapia male urinary pheromone stimulates female reproductive axis

Attracting Common Carp to a bait site with food reveals strong positive relationships between fish density, feeding activity, environmental DNA, and sex pheromone release that could be used in invasive fish management

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