Male Association Preference for Conspecifics in the Redband Darter,<i>Etheostoma luteovinctum</i>(Teleostei: Percidae) Based on Visual Cues

Ciccotto, Patrick J.; Gumm, Jennifer M.; Mendelson, Tamra C.

doi:10.1643/ce-12-056

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“…Ciccotto et al. () and Roberts and Mendelson () reported significant male preference for conspecific females in dichotomous choice tests, although these species pairs were more distantly related than the focal species. Zhou et al.…”

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“…, Ciccotto et al. , Ciccotto and Mendelson , Roberts and Mendelson , Roberts et al. ); moreover, darters are stream‐dwelling fish for which olfactory cues may be relatively ineffective.…”

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“…Finally, a number of recent studies demonstrate a preference for conspecific females in male darters (Ciccotto et al. , Zhou et al. , Martin and Mendelson , Moran et al.…”

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Preference for conspecifics evolves earlier in males than females in a sexually dimorphic radiation of fishes

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Speciation by sexual selection is generally modeled as the coevolution of female preferences and elaborate male ornaments leading to behavioral (sexual) reproductive isolation. One prediction of these models is that female preference for conspecific males should evolve earlier than male preference for conspecific females in sexually dimorphic species with male ornaments. We tested that prediction in darters, a diverse group of freshwater fishes with sexually dimorphic ornamentation. Focusing on the earliest stages of divergence, we tested preference for conspecific mates in males and females of seven closely related species pairs. Contrary to expectation, male preference for conspecific females was significantly greater than female preference for conspecific males. Males in four of the 14 species significantly preferred conspecific females; whereas, females in no species significantly preferred conspecific males. Relationships between the strength of preference for conspecifics and genetic distance revealed no difference in slope between males and females, but a significant difference in intercept, also suggesting that male preference evolves earlier than females'. Our results are consistent with other recent studies in darters and suggest that the coevolution of female preferences and male ornaments may not best explain the earliest stages of behavioral isolation in this lineage.

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“…, Ciccotto et al. , Ciccotto and Mendelson , Roberts and Mendelson , Roberts et al. ); moreover, darters are stream‐dwelling fish for which olfactory cues may be relatively ineffective.…”

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“…Male E. luteovinctum prefer conspecific females when only visual cues are allowed, suggesting that males discriminate between conspecific and heterospecific patterns, which are expressed by females (Ciccotto et al. ). The importance of male–male competition in male color diversification has been suggested in African cichlids (Seehausen & Schluter ) and poison frogs (Cummings & Crothers ).…”

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“…A growing body of evidence suggests that both female and male darters prefer conspecific over heterospecific visual signals (Williams & Mendelson , , ; Ciccotto et al. ; Martin & Mendelson ; O'Rourke & Mendelson ). These preferences may play a significant role in darter divergence and speciation.…”

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Phylogenetic Correlation Between Male Nuptial Color and Behavioral Responses to Color Across a Diverse and Colorful Genus of Freshwater Fish (Etheostoma spp., Teleostei: Percidae)

Ciccotto

Mendelson

2016

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Sexual selection theory predicts that preferences in both sexes select for the elaboration of male nuptial coloration, with empirical evidence supporting these predictions. Empirical studies are often limited in their taxonomic inclusiveness, however, and typically do not examine how male and female preferences contribute to macroevolutionary patterns of male color variation across multiple lineages in a clade. This study examined color preferences in a group of dichromatic freshwater fishes known as darters (genus Etheostoma) that vary in the presence of male coloration. The strengths of attraction to black, blue, gray, and red models were tested in females of 18 species, in addition to males of five species. We found a positive association between the presence of red or orange on the body and the amount of time associating with red models, suggesting color variation is at least in part due to variation in female preferences between species. Males also spent more time associating with colors that most closely resembled conspecifics, suggesting that preferential responses to color in males also can contribute to the diversity of nuptial coloration in darters.

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Reinforcement in the banded darter Etheostoma zonale: The effect of sex and sympatry on preferences

Roberts

Mendelson

2020

Ecology and Evolution

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Reinforcement occurs when selection against hybrid offspring strengthens behavioral isolation between parental species and may be an important factor in speciation. Theoretical models and experimental evidence indicate that both female and male preferences can be strengthened upon secondary contact via reinforcement. However, the question remains whether this process is more likely to affect the preferences of one sex or the other. Males of polygynous species are often predicted to exhibit weaker preferences than females, potentially limiting the ability for reinforcement to shape male preferences. Yet, in darters (Percidae: Etheostoma), male preference for conspecific mates appears to arise before female preferences during the early stages of allopatric speciation, and research suggests that male, but not female, preferences become reinforced upon secondary contact. In the current study, we aimed to determine whether the geographically widespread darter species Etheostoma zonale exhibits a signature of reinforcement, by comparing the strength of preference for conspecific mates between populations that are sympatric and allopatric with respect to a close congener, E. barrenense. We examined the strength of preference for conspecifics for males and females separately to determine whether the preferences of one or both sexes have been strengthened by reinforcement. Our results show that both sexes of E. zonale from sympatric populations exhibit stronger conspecific preferences than E. zonale from allopatric populations, but that female preferences appear to be more strongly reinforced than male preferences. Results therefore suggest that reinforcement of female preferences may promote behavioral isolation upon secondary contact, even in a genus that is characterized by pervasive male mate choice.

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Male Association Preference for Conspecifics in the Redband Darter,Etheostoma luteovinctum(Teleostei: Percidae) Based on Visual Cues

Cited by 18 publications

References 49 publications

Preference for conspecifics evolves earlier in males than females in a sexually dimorphic radiation of fishes

Preference for conspecifics evolves earlier in males than females in a sexually dimorphic radiation of fishes

Phylogenetic Correlation Between Male Nuptial Color and Behavioral Responses to Color Across a Diverse and Colorful Genus of Freshwater Fish (Etheostoma spp., Teleostei: Percidae)

Reinforcement in the banded darter Etheostoma zonale: The effect of sex and sympatry on preferences

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