[HTML][HTML] Sexual dimorphism in aggression: sex-specific fighting strategies across species

M Pandolfi, MF Scaia, MP Fernandez - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Aggressive behavior is thought to have evolved as a strategy for gaining access to
resources such as territory, food, and potential mates. Across species, secondary sexual …

Social behaviors as welfare indicators in teleost fish

L Cavallino, L Rincón, MF Scaia - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Animal welfare is a key issue not only for aquaculture industry and food production, but also
for daily husbandry practices in research topics related to physiology in wild and farmed …

Isolation impairs cognition in a social fish

ML Brandão, VA Braithwaite… - Applied Animal …, 2015 - Elsevier
In variable environments, animals can learn to alter their behavior to adjust to changes.
Sometimes, however, this learning ability can be impaired. For example, challenges in the …

A multidisciplinary study on social status and the relationship between inter-individual variation in hormone levels and agonistic behavior in a Neotropical cichlid fish

MR Ramallo, A Birba, RM Honji, L Morandini… - Hormones and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Social animals with hierarchal dominance systems are particularly susceptible to their social
environment. There, interactions with conspecifics and hierarchal position can greatly affect …

Extra-gonadal steroids modulate non-breeding territorial aggression in weakly electric fish

C Jalabert, L Quintana, P Pessina, A Silva - Hormones and behavior, 2015 - Elsevier
The neuroendocrine control of intraspecific aggression is a matter of current debate.
Although aggression in a reproductive context has been associated with high levels of …

Can estrogens be considered as key elements of the challenge hypothesis? The case of intrasexual aggression in a cichlid fish

MF Scaia, L Morandini, CA Noguera, VL Trudeau… - Physiology & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Territorial aggression has been widely studied in males and it has been historically
suggested that androgens are key mediators of this behavior. However, more recent …

Serotonergic outcome, stress and sexual steroid hormones, and growth in a South American cichlid fish fed with an L-tryptophan enriched diet

L Morandini, MR Ramallo, RG Moreira, C Höcht… - General and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Reared animals for edible or ornamental purposes are frequently exposed to high
aggression and stressful situations. These factors generally arise from conspecifics in …

The SSRI fluoxetine exhibits mild effects on the reproductive axis in the cichlid fish Cichlasoma dimerus (Teleostei, Cichliformes)

LS Dorelle, RH Da Cuña, GR Vázquez, C Höcht… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Among the wide variety of pharmaceuticals released into the environment, Fluoxetine (FLX),
a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, is one of the most prescribed for the treatment of …

Fighting cichlids: dynamic of intrasexual aggression in dyadic agonistic encounters

MF Scaia, L Morandini, CA Noguera, MR Ramallo… - Behavioural …, 2018 - Elsevier
Aggression is an extremely complex behaviour and female aggression is understudied
when compared to males. Despite the fact that it has been suggested that conflict among …

From molecule to behavior: Brain aromatase (cyp19a1b) characterization, expression analysis and its relation with social status and male agonistic behavior in a …

MR Ramallo, L Morandini, A Birba, GM Somoza… - Hormones and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The enzyme aromatase, responsible for the conversion of C19 androgens to C18 estrogens,
exists as two paralogue copies in teleost fish: Cyp19a1a mostly expressed in the gonads …