Came across this. Quiet interesting.
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NEW STUDY: Multi-year pair-bonding in Murray cod
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Male Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii) are known to provide parental care to both eggs and larvae for up to 20 days. Over three consecutive years, Alan Couch (University of Canberra) and colleagues took samples of Murray cod larvae from six sites along the Murrumbidgee River, and used genetic analysis to assess the assess their relatedness. They found multiple full sibling pairs, suggesting that males were mating with the same female over multiple years.
The authors conclude: "For the first time, we show multi-year pair bonding in a wild freshwater fish. This will have important conservation and management implications for the species. This approach could provide insights into many behavioural, ecological and evolutionary questions, particularly if this is not a unique case."
PeerJ: https://peerj.com/articles/10460
Citation: Couch AJ, Dyer F, Lintermans M. Multi-year pair-bonding in Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii). PeerJ. 2020 Dec 10;8:e10460.
Image: fir002/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY NC 3.0) https://bit.ly/37EeBex
Multi-year pair-bonding in Murray cod
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Re: Multi-year pair-bonding in Murray cod
Very interesting sebb,
Catch & release required. Not great eating anyway
Gra
Catch & release required. Not great eating anyway
Gra
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Re: Multi-year pair-bonding in Murray cod
Yea murray cod is definitely a catch and release for me too
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A fish is a fish
No fish is worth a life, stay safe
A fish is a fish
No fish is worth a life, stay safe