The Behaviour of Teleost Fishes

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Bases of Behaviour

   1. Front Matter

      Pages xv-2

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   2. The Genetic Basis of Fish Behaviour

      • D. L. G. Noakes

      Pages 3-22

   3. The Motivational Basis of Fish Behaviour

      • Patrick Colgan

      Pages 23-46

   4. Development of Behaviour in Fish

      • Felicity A. Huntingford

      Pages 47-68

3. Sensory Modalities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-73

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   2. Role of Vision in Fish Behaviour

      • D. M. Guthrie

      Pages 75-113

   3. Underwater Sound and Fish Behaviour

      • A. D. Hawkins

      Pages 114-151

   4. Role of Olfaction in Fish Behaviour

      • Toshiaki J. Hara

      Pages 152-176

   5. Role of the Lateral Line in Fish Behaviour

      • Horst Bleckmann

      Pages 177-202

4. Behavioural Ecology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-209

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   2. Foraging in Teleost Fishes

      • Paul J. B. Hart

      Pages 211-235

   3. Constraints Placed by Predators on Feeding Behaviour

      • Manfred Milinski

      Pages 236-252

   4. Teleost Mating Systems and Strategies

      • George Turner

      Pages 253-274

   5. Williams’ Principle: An Explanation of Parental Care in Teleost Fishes

      • Robert Craig Sargent, Mart R. Gross

      Pages 275-293

   6. Functions of Shoaling Behaviour in Teleosts

      • Tony J. Pitcher

      Pages 294-337

   7. Individual Differences in Fish Behaviour

      • Anne E. Magurran

      Pages 338-365

   8. Fish Behaviour by Day, Night and Twilight

      • Gene S. Helfman

      Pages 366-387

   9. Intertidal Teleosts: Life in a Fluctuating Environment

      • R. N. Gibson

      Pages 388-408

   10. Behavioural Ecology of Sticklebacks

       • G. J. FitzGerald, R. J. Wootton

       Pages 409-432

This book is about the behaviour of teleosts, a well-defined, highly successful, taxonomic group of vertebrate animals sharing a common body plan and forming the vast majority of living bony fishes. There are weH over 22000 living species of teleosts, including nearly all those of importance in com­ mercial fisheries and aquaculture. Teleosts are represented injust about every conceivable aquatic environment from temporary desert pools to the deep ocean, from soda lakes to sub-zero Antarctic waters. Behaviour is the primary interface between these effective survival machines and their environment: behavioural plasticity is one of the keys to their success. The study of animal behaviour has undergone revolutionary changes in the past decade under the dual impact of behavioural ecology and sociobiology. The modern body of theory provides quantitatively testable and experi­ mentaHy accessible hypotheses. Much current work in animal behaviour has concentrated on birds and mammals, animals with ostensibly more complex structure, physiology and behavioural capacity, but there is a growing body of information about the behaviour of fishes. There is now increasing awareness that the same ecological and evolutionary rules govern teleost fish, and that their behaviour is not just a simplified version of that seen in birds and mammals. The details of fish behaviour intimately reflect unique and efficient adaptations to their three-dimensional aquatic environment.

• aquaculture
• behavior
• biology
• fish
• information
• physiology

• School of Animal Biology, University College of North Wales, Bangor, UK

  Tony J. Pitcher

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