Display vigour and subsequent fight performance in the siamese fighting fish, betta splendens

C. S. Evans

doi:10.1016/0376-6357(85)90053-1

Display vigour and subsequent fight performance in the siamese fighting fish, betta splendens

C. S. Evans^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

36 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The display of 24 individual male Siamese fighting fish to an unresponsive stimulus conspecific was measured, and the fish were then placed together in pairs. For 11 of the 12 pairs, the outcome of the aggressive interaction which ensued was predicted by the gill cover erection durations obtained in the pre-fight isolate tests. The implications of this result for theories of display function are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	113-121
Number of pages	9
Journal	Behavioural Processes
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0376-6357(85)90053-1
Publication status	Published - 1985

Access to Document

10.1016/0376-6357(85)90053-1

Cite this

@article{aef74790d9104c95b1d82347b5a909db,

title = "Display vigour and subsequent fight performance in the siamese fighting fish, betta splendens",

abstract = "The display of 24 individual male Siamese fighting fish to an unresponsive stimulus conspecific was measured, and the fish were then placed together in pairs. For 11 of the 12 pairs, the outcome of the aggressive interaction which ensued was predicted by the gill cover erection durations obtained in the pre-fight isolate tests. The implications of this result for theories of display function are discussed.",

author = "Evans, {C. S.}",

year = "1985",

doi = "10.1016/0376-6357(85)90053-1",

language = "English",

volume = "11",

pages = "113--121",

journal = "Behavioural Processes",

issn = "0376-6357",

publisher = "Elsevier",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Display vigour and subsequent fight performance in the siamese fighting fish, betta splendens

AU - Evans, C. S.

PY - 1985

Y1 - 1985

N2 - The display of 24 individual male Siamese fighting fish to an unresponsive stimulus conspecific was measured, and the fish were then placed together in pairs. For 11 of the 12 pairs, the outcome of the aggressive interaction which ensued was predicted by the gill cover erection durations obtained in the pre-fight isolate tests. The implications of this result for theories of display function are discussed.

AB - The display of 24 individual male Siamese fighting fish to an unresponsive stimulus conspecific was measured, and the fish were then placed together in pairs. For 11 of the 12 pairs, the outcome of the aggressive interaction which ensued was predicted by the gill cover erection durations obtained in the pre-fight isolate tests. The implications of this result for theories of display function are discussed.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0001683537&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/0376-6357(85)90053-1

DO - 10.1016/0376-6357(85)90053-1

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0001683537

SN - 0376-6357

VL - 11

SP - 113

EP - 121

JO - Behavioural Processes

JF - Behavioural Processes

IS - 2

ER -

Display vigour and subsequent fight performance in the siamese fighting fish, betta splendens

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this