Consistent behavioural traits and behavioural syndromes in pairs of the false clown anemonefish Amphiprion ocellaris

Authors

M Y. L Wong, University of WollongongFollow
A Medina, Boston University
C Uppaluri, Boston University
S Arnold, Arizona State University
J R. Seymour, Boston University
P M. Buston, Boston UniversityFollow

RIS ID

80326

Publication Details

Wong, M. Y. L., Medina, A., Uppaluri, C., Arnold, S., Seymour, J. R. & Buston, P. M. (2013). Consistent behavioural traits and behavioural syndromes in pairs of the false clown anemonefish Amphiprion ocellaris. Journal of Fish Biology, 83 (1), 207-213.

Abstract

Using the social clown anemonefish Amphiprion ocellaris, whether individuals exhibited consistency in activity levels, boldness and sociability in a paired context, and whether these three behavioural traits were positively correlated within a single behavioural syndrome, was investigated. The results highlight that consistent individual differences in behaviour are expressed in a social fish and suggest that consistent behavioural traits and behavioural syndromes could influence the structure and functioning of their societies. © 2013 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.