Vocalizations and spawning aggregations of male Platydoras hancockii
Posted: 16 May 2022, 01:02
This paper is a little old, but interesting from a doradid spawning perspective, so I'm adding it now:
van der Sleen, P., Lugo-Carvajal, A., Zuanon, J. & M. Holmgren. (2020). Cats singing in the dark? Spawning aggregations of sound-producing fish in Amazonian floodplain forests. Environ Biol Fish, 103, 1265–1267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-020-01019-x
van der Sleen, P., Lugo-Carvajal, A., Zuanon, J. & M. Holmgren. (2020). Cats singing in the dark? Spawning aggregations of sound-producing fish in Amazonian floodplain forests. Environ Biol Fish, 103, 1265–1267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-020-01019-x
- Video with sound of males being caught: https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1007%2Fs10641-020-01019-x/MediaObjects/10641_2020_1019_MOESM1_ESM.mp4
Keywords: Spawning aggregation, Gender segregation, Chorus, Freshwater fish, Platydoras hancockii, Amazon basinAbstract
The Amazon basin has a freshwater fish diversity comparable to a tropical sea. Although many Amazonian fish species are popular ornamental fish across the world, the ecology of most species in their natural habitat remains poorly known (van der Sleen and Albert 2017). We report on shoaling behavior in in a floodplain forest of the middle Rio Negro, Brazil. As the shoal consisted of only adult males, whereas gravid females were caught individually in nearby areas, we hypothesize that this aggregation may relate to spawning. Moreover, considering that Platydoras hancockii is capable of producing sounds, it is possible that these aggregations entail the formation of a chorus-like call with the function of attracting females from a larger area.
