The inclusion of behavioral components in the analysis of a community can be of paramount
importance in marine ecology. Diel (ie, 24-h based), seasonal activity rhythms, or longer …

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 …

The short-term behavioural effects of two types of boat noise were tested on Gobius
cruentatus and Chromis chromis, ie one permanently and one temporarily benthic vocal fish …

The desiccation of the Mediterranean Sea during the Messinian Salinity Crisis 6.0–5.3
million years ago (Ma), caused a major extinction of the marine ichthyofauna of the …

With over 20,000 species described to date, teleost fish are the most diverse taxon of living
vertebrates, representing a very successful lineage of recently evolved organisms (Nelson …

Nests are the key elements of the reproductive repertoire of several fish species.
Understanding the physiological aspects behind their nesting behaviour is imperative to …

An updated checklist is presented for the marine fish fauna in the Adriatic Sea. According to
historical and recent sources in scientific literature 440 fish species were up to date recorded …

Descriptions of temporal patterns in the reproduction of damselfishes (family
Pomacentridae) and adaptive hypotheses for these patterns are derived mostly from studies …

Damselfi sh taxonomy is as old as taxonomy itself. It formed a part of the establishment of
our modern system of zoological nomenclature, as descriptions of the two damselfi sh …

The damselfish Chromis chromis is typically the most abundant fish species in the rocky
littoral environment of the Mediterranean Sea, where it feeds in huge shoals on incoming …