Abstract
Pheromones are chemicals that pass between members of the same species which have inherent meaning. Because most fish pheromones are mixtures, and their actions can be complex, behavioral assays are required to identify them. This chapter describes a few strategies and two specific methods (one for measuring attraction and another for sexual arousal) that can serve this purpose in fishes that live in nonflowing water such as the carps.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsSpringer Nature is developing a new tool to find and evaluate Protocols. Learn more
References
Wyatt T (2003) Pheromones and animal behaviour. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Sorensen PW (in press) ntroduction to pheromones and related cues in fish In: Sorensen PW, Wisenden, BW (eds) Fish pheromones and related cues. Wiley Blackwell, Iowa
Sorensen PW, Hoye TR (2010) Pheromones in vertebrates. In: Lew M, Hung-Wen L (eds) Comprehensive natural products II. Elsevier, Oxford, pp 225–262
Stacey NE, Sorensen PW (2011) Hormonal pheromones. In: Encyclopedia of fish physiology: from genome to environment, vol 2. Academic, San Diego, pp 1513–1562
Sorensen PW, Stacey NE, Chamberlain KJ (1989) Differing behavioral and endocrinological effects of two female sex pheromones on male goldfish. Horm Behav 23:317–332
Levesque H, Scaffidi D, Polkinghorne CA, Sorensen PW (2011) A multi-component species identifying pheromone in the goldfish. J Chem Ecol 37:219–227
Mathuru AS, Kibat C, Cheong WF, Shui S, Wenk MR, Friedrich RW, Jusuthasan S (2012) Chondroitin fragments are odorants that trigger fear behavior in fish. Curr Biol 22:1–7
Sorensen PW, Fine JM, Dvornikovs V, Jeffrey CS, Shao F, Wang JZ, Vrieze LA, Anderson KR, Hoye TR (2005) Mixture of new sulfated steroids functions as a migratory pheromone in the sea lamprey. Nat Chem Biol 1:324–328
Li W, Scott AP, Siefkas MJ, Yan H, Liu Q, Yun S-S, Gage DA (2002) Bile acid secreted by male sea lamprey that acts as sex pheromone. Science 296:138–141
Lim H, Sorensen P (2011) Polar metabolites synergize the activity of prostaglandin F2α in a species-specific hormonal sex pheromone released by ovulated common carp. J Chem Ecol 37:695–704
Kobayashi M, Sorensen PW, Stacey NE (2002) Hormonal and pheromonal control of spawning in goldfish. Fish Physiol Biochem 26:71–84, (22):1–7
Maniak PJ, Lossing R, Sorensen PW (2000) Injured Eurasian ruffe, Gymnocephalus cernuss, release an alarm pheromone which may prove useful in their control. J Great Lakes Res 26:183–195
Sorensen PW, Hara TJ, Stacey NE, Goetz FW (1988) F prostaglandins function as potent olfactory stimulants that comprise the postovulatory female sex pheromone in goldfish. Biol Reprod 39:1039–1050
DeFraipont M, Sorensen PW (1993) Exposure to the pheromone 17α,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one enhances the behavioural spawning success, sperm production and sperm motility of male goldfish. Anim Behav 46:245–256
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2013 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
About this protocol
Cite this protocol
Sorensen, P.W. (2013). Behavioral Analysis of Pheromones in Fish. In: Touhara, K. (eds) Pheromone Signaling. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1068. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-619-1_22
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-619-1_22
Published:
Publisher Name: Humana Press, Totowa, NJ
Print ISBN: 978-1-62703-618-4
Online ISBN: 978-1-62703-619-1
eBook Packages: Springer Protocols