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Breeding resource specialization and speciation in fishes

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    SYSNO ASEP0337024
    Document TypeA - Abstract
    R&D Document TypeThe record was not marked in the RIV
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    TitleBreeding resource specialization and speciation in fishes
    Author(s) Reichard, Martin (UBO-W) RID, ORCID, SAI, SAI
    Kitamura, J. (JP)
    Smith, C. (GB)
    Number of authors3
    Source TitleInternational Conference on Evolutionary Ecology of Fishes Diversification, Adaptation and Speciation. - Berlin : Leibnitz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, 2009
    S. 69
    Number of pages1 s.
    ActionInternational Conference on Evolutionary Ecology of Fishes Diversification, Adaptation and Speciation
    Event date23.11.2009-25.11.2009
    VEvent locationBerlin
    CountryDE - Germany
    Event typeWRD
    Languageeng - English
    CountryDE - Germany
    Keywordsfish reproduction
    Subject RIVEH - Ecology, Behaviour
    R&D ProjectsKJB600930802 GA AV ČR - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AV ČR)
    CEZAV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011)
    AnnotationMany fish species are dependent on resources crucial to their reproduction, and such resources can often comprise other biological species. Notable examples are fish living in symbiosis with other species of fish or invertebrates. These relationships may range from mutualism to parasitism and are typically associated with fish oviposition. Coevolution (reciprocal evolution between symbionts that results in a rapid evolution of traits involved in the symbiosis) between the partners may give rise to evolution of host-specific races and ultimately lead to speciation of host-specific lineages. On the other hand, specialization is not an inevitable outcome of these relationships, because specialization may carry costs associated with locating an appropriate specific partner. Hence, it may sometimes be more adaptive to remain generalist and opportunistically exploit several symbiont species. Here, we explore the possibility that coevolution between fish and their symbionts may lead to speciation. We first review the examples known from coral reefs (e.g. anemone fishes, shrimp-goby relationships), brood parasites (Synodontis, Pungtungia) and fish that spawn on living invertebrate hosts (Aulichthys, Careproctus, Sarcocheilichthys), and investigate the potential of these lineages to diverge due to their specialization. In the second part, we review our current knowledge on host specificity and its potential for speciation in the bitterling fishes, a cyprinid subfamily with at least 40 species that all use living freshwater mussels for oviposition. There are some examples of host specialization in fishes (e.g. gobies Gobiodon, bitterling Acheilognathus tabira species-complex) and we critically evaluate their proposed origin in sympatry (gobies) and allopatry (bitterling). We also discuss constrains to host specialization, using the case of European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus). We conclude that, unlike in many other taxa, interspecific oviposition associations, including parasitic and mutualistic relationships, may not be be a significant source of divergence in fishes.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Vertebrate Biology
    ContactHana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524
    Year of Publishing2010
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