> From: "Bruce Hansen" <bruceh at powerup.com.au>
> Reply-To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 19:49:24 +1000
> To: <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
> Subject: Re: [RML] hermaphroditic
>
> G'day JUlie
>
> 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. :-)
>>
>>
>> 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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>