Effects of telencephalic lesions on the gill cover response of siamese fighting fish

Shapiro, Sandra; Schuckman, Harold; Sussman, Daniel M.; Tucker, A. Marie

doi:10.1016/0031-9384(74)90257-1

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“…However, several investigators have shown that Settos' reactions to a mirror are less intense than the attacks animals direct toward the image of a live conspecific (Bronstein, 1983b;Figler, 1972;Rhoad, Kalat, & Klopfer, 1975;Shapiro, Schuckman, Sussman, & Tucker, 1974). One study by Dore, Lefebvre, and Ducharme (1978) resulted in the opposite conclusion.…”

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Predictors of dominance in male Betta splendens..

Bronstein

1985

Journal of Comparative Psychology

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The formation of dominance/subordinancy relations in pairs of male Siamese fighting fish was examined in six experiments. Dominant animals typically were those fish that built the largest nests and that attacked an image of a live, displaying male most intensely prior to combat. However, pretest performance on an operant task and reaction to an animal's own mirror image were not useful predictors of subsequent dominance. These findings are consistent with the suggestion that domesticated Bettas have a territorial social strategy that includes both nest-building and fighting behaviors.Domesticated male Betta splendens, commonly known as Siamese fighting fish, in fact, exhibit highly variable social behavior. Rather than being "fighting fish," some individuals are decidedly nonaggressive; others do attack conspecifics intensely (Simpson, 1968). Bronstein (1981aBronstein ( , 1983aBronstein ( , 1984Bronstein ( , 1985, in press-a) also noted the behavioral diversity of domesticated Bettas, and, furthermore, suggested that intense attackers could be differentiated from the less aggressive subjects early in an encounter: First, male-male contests can last half a day, by which time one fish almost always has dominated its opponent (Bronstein, 1984). Second, when a pair of male Bettas confront each other, it appears that the most persistent attacker eventually becomes dominant and causes its opponent to retreat (Bronstein, 1981a(Bronstein, , 1984. Third, animals that are most quickly excited to intense attack by the visual image of a persistently displaying male conspecific are also the fish that will mqst persist in their aggressive behavior (Bronstein, 1981a(Bronstein, , 1983a(Bronstein, , 1985.It follows from these behavioral relations that the winner of a male-male contest might be predicted by some brief prefight

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Predictors of dominance in male Betta splendens..

Bronstein

1985

Journal of Comparative Psychology

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“…It has long been known that the telencephalon of teleost fishes is involved in emotional and reproductive behaviour (Segaar & Nieuwenhuys 1963;Overmier & Gross 1974;Shapiro et al 1974;de Bruin 1980). In particular, the medial pallium is a telencephalic structure that seems to play an important role in those aspects of behaviour in which the motivational and emotional factors must be taken into account.…”

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Brain and Cognition in Teleost Fish

Broglio

Gómez

Durán

et al. 2011

Fish Cognition and Behavior

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“…The preliminary studies on telencephalon and behavior in this species (Noble and Borne, 1941) were followed by studies of Shapiro et al (1974) and de Bruin (1973, 1977, both dealing with changes in aggressive behavior following telencephalic lesions. Shapiro et al (1974) compared the behavior of telencephalic-Iesioned and sham-operated fish toward live conspecific stimuli and the mirror image. The size of the lesions varied from a minimal extent of 30% to a near-total ablation of the telencephalic hemispheres.…”

Section: Smaller Lesions In Various Telencephalic Areas May Either Dementioning

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Telencephalon and Behavior in Teleost Fish

Bruin

1980

Comparative Neurology of the Telencephalon

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Effects of telencephalic lesions on the gill cover response of siamese fighting fish

Cited by 15 publications

References 19 publications

Predictors of dominance in male Betta splendens..

Predictors of dominance in male Betta splendens..

Brain and Cognition in Teleost Fish

Telencephalon and Behavior in Teleost Fish

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