Nice to hear from you again. One would think that this"sneaker" behaviour
would be more likely to happen in territorial species e.g. cichlids, gobies
rather than schooling species like rainbows.
Regards,
Bruce Hansen
president at angfa.org.au
Please visit us at http://www.angfa.org.au
----- Original Message -----
From: "bowluvr" <bowluvr at email.msn.com>
To: <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [RML] hermaphroditic
>
> Long time, no type. :-)
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>
> Cichlids of the genus Apistogramma do this, for just this reason. If
> non-territory-holding males display their full colors, the resident males
> will either chase them away or kill them, so these males display female
> coloration. Apisto males can have several females in their territories,
and
> it is difficult for them to keep an eye on all of these girlies at once.
The
> little males in disguise gain access to females that they wouldn't
otherwise
> get if they "put their banners out," and can often sneak in and mate w/ a
> ready female when the dominant male is occupied elsewhere.
>
> Julie Zeppieri <><
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