Character Displacement and Fish Behavior, Especially in Coral Reef Communities

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Abstract
Character displacement is a phenomenon of the species border directed towards niche specification. It is post-speciational and prezygotic, and has a strong behavioral component. It has not been described in studies of fish by many ichthyologists. Examples are sought, not always successfully, among Coregonidae, Cyprinidae, Catostomidae, Gadidae, Gasterosteidae, Poeciliidae, Cichlidae, Cottidae, Periophthalminae, and Pomacentridae. Character displacement is not invariable in the sense of Brown and Wilson (1956). Examples may be relatively clear cut under conditions of “r” selection, or complicated, involving several species under “K” selection. It has some significance as a descriptive tool in systematics.

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