Among vertebrates, fish show by far the greatest variability of alternative reproductive tactics
(ARTs). Usually, males attempting to monopolize access to females or fertilizations are …

Of all vertebrates, fish exhibit unparalleled diversity of sexual plasticity and flexibility, ranging
from gonochorism to unisexualism, and exceptional patterns of functional hermaphroditism …

Many fishes are characterized by intense sperm competition between males that use
alternative mating tactics. In externally fertilizing fishes, males' proximity to females during …

Increased individual resources (condition) can be correlated with either increased or
decreased longevity. While variation in resource acquisition and allocation can account for …

Fishes show a fascinating diversity in mating systems and reproductive behaviours.
Furthermore, various traits that seem to have evolved under sexual selection, like elongated …

In a Portuguese population of Salaria pavo, two types of reproductively active males occur:
large bourgeois males that defend nests and have fully developed secondary sex characters …

Microsatellite markers were developed and employed to assess genetic maternity and
paternity of embryos in nest-tended clutches of the Molly Miller (Scartella cristata), a marine …

Microspectrophotometry (MSP) revealed the presence of a rod and at least two cone classes
(mid‐and long‐wavelength sensitive) in the intertidal peacock blenny Salaria pavo. Both …

The ecology and mating system of two populations of the peacock blenny Salaria pavo that
have been reported to differ in sexual behaviour were studied. In the Gulf of Trieste, a …

Several features of blennies immediately catch the naturalist's eye: the ornaments, the
colour patterns, the occupancy of a nest site, the threat displays, the courtships and the …