碩士 / 國立中山大學 / 海洋生物研究所 / 82 / Calloplesiops altivelis (Plesiopidae, Perciformes) live in
coral-reef habitat. Morphologically, many small white spots
are scattered on its dark brown body and fins except for the
pectorals. A large black ocellated eyespot, which is
surrounded by a white line, is on the posterior base of the
dorsal fin. C. altivelis is combative towards conspecific
under certain circumstances. Only one report on its behavioral
ecology (i.e.: it's Batesian mimic behavior) has been seen in
literature. The present thesis aims to study: (1) the
determining factors including species, sex, external stimulate
ect., of the agonistic behavior in C. altivelis; (2) the key
releaser of agonistic behavior; (3) communication in C.
altivelis during actual fighting; (4) habituation of agonistic
response in C. altivelis; (5) agonistic behavior in the
related species. Recordings of behaviors were made by video
recorder, and data were analysed using nonparametric stastics.
Results include: C. altivelis are only aggressive towards
conspecific males under solitary confinement. Eye-spot is not
the key releaser of agonistic behavior, whereas the small
white spots are necessary for releasing agonistic response.
Body-shake is important signal about fight ability. During an
actual fighting, winner's body-shake frequence is
significantly higher than the loser. Size is an another factor
for winning a combat. When living with conspecifics in a tank,
fighting subsided in three weeks. Habituation of agonistic
behavior in C. altivelis is significant. In C. altivelis and
five relative species, the agonistic behavior patterns reflect
phylogenetic relatedness.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/082NSYSU270008 |
| Date | January 1994 |
| Creators | Yeh, Shu Der, 葉淑德 |
| Contributors | Mok, Hin Kiu, 莫顯蕎 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 40 |
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