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When placed in aY-maze, the 1–10-day-old free-swimming fry of the Midas cichlid can chemically distinguish between their mother and plain water and between another mother and plain water. They do not distinguish between the two mothers offered together or between their father and plain water. Predation pressures make these responses adaptive.
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Barnett, C. Chemical recognition of the mother by the young of the cichlid fish,Cichlasoma citrinellum . J Chem Ecol 3, 461–466 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988188
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