Re: Husbandry of A. panduro

["William Vannerson" <William_Vannerson@ama-assn.org>]

>>I think we'd see a lot of the older literature at least was looking through testosterone-tinted glasses.<<

I recall reading somewhere (and I really wish I could remember were) that many cichlid species' spawning behavior is induced by the female.  The behavior patterns between spawning and normal territory defense is very similar.  When a female approches, the male starts with a standard defense posture, show of fins, shimmy, whatever.  For other males and females that are not ready to spawn, their response is either to fight or flight.  A female in spawning condition sends a different signal back to the male in a combination of behavior and color patterns.  This combination in response than changes the male's attitude and stimulates his spawning behaviour.

I truly wish I could remember the source as this is not the first time the subject has come up in conversation or on a list.  If this rings a bell with someone who knows the source, please let me know.  Thanks.

BTW, It's amazing how similar that is to the human species.  A little make up and the right shimmy and all the boys start behaving differently <VBG>.

Bill Vannerson
McHenry, IL
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/william_vannerson



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