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Male orangethroat darters,Etheostoma spectabile, did not show a preference for larger females as measured by the number of matings or time until mating in a field enclosure experiment. The lack of male preference for female size may be due to the male-biased sex ratio at the site (seven males per female) or to low variation in the number of eggs deposited per spawning.
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Pyron, M. Male orangethroat darters,Etheostoma spectabile, do not prefer larger females. Environ Biol Fish 47, 407–410 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005054
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