ArticleJournal of fish biology2016
Trade-offs between salinity preference and antipredator behaviour in the euryhaline sailfin molly Poecilia latipinna.
Article in Journal of fish biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Growth optimisation and physiological performance of red-bellied pacu, Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818) in low-salinity culture systems.Fish physiology and biochemistry · 2026Article
- Integrative analysis of growth, physiology, and tissue responses in Labeo catla spawns under low-salinity conditions.Fish physiology and biochemistry · 2026Article
- Aquatic Organisms in Response to Salinity Stress: Ecological Impacts, Adaptive Mechanisms, and Resilience Strategies.Biology · 2025Review
- Unraveling the impact of salinity on the osmoregulatory organs of Clarias batrachus: a histochemical and gill ultrastructural study.Fish physiology and biochemistry · 2025Article
- Genetic and phenotypic diversification in a widespread fish, the Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna).BMC ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- The Effect of Salinity Stress on Enzyme Activities, Histology, and Transcriptome of Silver Carp (Biology · 2022Article
- Shuttle-box systems for studying preferred environmental ranges by aquatic animals.Conservation physiology · 2021Article
- No geographical differences in male mate choice in a widespread fish,Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
Salinity preference and responses to predatory chemical cues were examined both separately and simultaneously in freshwater (FW) and saltwater (SW)-acclimated sailfin mollies Poecilia latipinna, a euryhaline species. It was hypothesized that P. latipinna would prefer FW over SW, move away from chemical cues from a crayfish predator, and favour predator avoidance over osmoregulation when presented with both demands. Both FW and SW-acclimated P. latipinna preferred FW and actively avoided predator cues. When presented with FW plus predator cues v. SW with no cues, P. latipinna were more often found in FW plus predator cues. These results raise questions pertaining to the potential osmoregulatory stress of salinity transitions in euryhaline fishes relative to the potential fitness benefits and whether euryhalinity is utilized for predator avoidance. This study sheds light on the potential benefits and consequences of being salt tolerant or intolerant and complicates the understanding of the selection pressures that have favoured the different osmoregulatory mechanisms among fishes.
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