Fish Fathers

Fisherwomen

This week we delve into fish parenting with true natural history stories every bit as interesting as Finding Nemo! The Pebble Mine podcast episode is coming soon. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this mini-episode and are inspired to share your own fish stories: https://fisherwomenpod.wordpress.com/creature-feature Resources (Open access listed first; *indicates paywall) Berra, Tim M., and Francisco J. Neira. 2003. "Early life history of the nurseryfish, Kurtus gulliveri (Perciformes: Kurtidae), from northern Australia." Capoiea: 384-390. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240775561_Early_Life_History_of_the_Nurseryfish_Kurtus_gulliveri_Perciformes_Kurtidae_from_Northern_Australia Bernardi, G., and A. Vagelli. 2004. "Population structure in Banggai cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, a coral reef species lacking a pelagic larval phase." Marine Biology 145(4): 803-810. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225718806_Population_structure_in_Banggai_cardinalfish_Pterapogon_kauderni_a_coral_reef_species_lacking_a_pelagic_larval_phase Confirmation of Slope Sea spawning in Atlantic Blue-fin Tuna: https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/the-secret-tuna-nursery/ *Nelson, Stephen G. and C. O'Neil Krekorian. 1976. "The dynamics of parental care of Copeina arnoldi (Pisces, Characidae)". Behavioral Biology 17(4): 507–518. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0091677376909196?via%3Dihub *Kume, Gen, Atsuko Yamaguchi, and Ichiro Aoki. 2002. "Dummy egg production by female cardinalfish to deceive cannibalistic males: oogenesis without vitellogenesis." Environmental biology of fishes 65(4): 469-472. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1021106504726 *Bakker, Theo, and Beat Mundwiler. "Pectoral fin size in a fish species with paternal care: a condition‐dependent sexual trait revealing infection status." Freshwater Biology 41.3 (1999): 543-551. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652427/1999/41/3 *Stein, Laura R., and Alison M. Bell. "Paternal programming in sticklebacks." Animal Behaviour 95 (2014): 165-171. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347214002863 Credits: Cover photo of the sub-species and sexual dimorphism in Three-spined Stickleback from the public domain; illustrated by Alexander Francis Lyndon in British Fresh Water Fishes 1879. Theme mixed by me, using sounds sourced from sfxgo, orangefreesound, and freesound. Please see website for full credits.