Facial Recognition in a Group-Living Cichlid Fish.

The theoretical underpinnings of the mechanisms of sociality, e.g. territoriality, hierarchy, and reciprocity, are based on assumptions of individual recognition. While behavioural evidence suggests individual recognition is widespread, the cues that animals use to recognise individuals are establis...

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Main Authors: Masanori Kohda, Lyndon Alexander Jordan, Takashi Hotta, Naoya Kosaka, Kenji Karino, Hirokazu Tanaka, Masami Taniyama, Tomohiro Takeyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4659603?pdf=render