Individuality Within
Schooling FishesMalise Yun
Biology/AnthropologyUniversity of Washington – Seattle
Schooling fish appear as one large organism but are made up of multiple individuals.
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Bold vs Shy Personalities
Go with the flowor be bold, not shyand are more likely to die
Three-spine sticklebacks have bold and shy personalities.
Gasterosteus aculeatus (Hiukka, 2016) (Ward et
al., 2004)
Icons by Yu luck from the Noun Project
Sorting the bold vs Shy
(Ward et al., 2004)
Wild Zebrafish can learn to become bolder.
Danio Rerio (Rapson, 2012)(Maattanen et al., 2012)
Learning SociallyDay 1
Icons by Yu luck from the Noun Project
(Maattanen et al., 2012)
Learning SociallyDay 20
Icons by Yu luck from the Noun Project
(Maattanen et al., 2012)
Bold Fish & Consensus
Icons by Yu luck from the Noun Project
(Rands et al., 2016)
Sticklebacks work faster together
Icons by Yu luck from the Noun Project
(Rands et al., 2016)
Robofish Leader
Three-spined stickleback replica
(Faria et al., 2010)
Stay in school
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collective behaviour of fish: Introducing 'Robofish' Behavioral Ecology and
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Greenwood, A., Wark, A., Yoshida, A., & Peichel, K. (2013). Genetic and neural modularity underlie the evolution of
schooling behavior in threespine sticklebacks. Current Biology., 23(19), 1884-1888.
Maattanen, Ilmari, Penn, Dustin J., Zala, Sarah M, Määttänen, Ilmari, & Penn, Dustin J. (2012). Different social-learning
strategies in wild and domesticated zebrafish, Danio rerio. Animal Behaviour, 83(6), 1519-1525.
Rands, Sean A., Hill, Francesca, Elder, Charlotte, Ioannou, Christos C., McDonald, N D, Rands, S A, . . . Ioannou, C C.
(2016). Consensus and experience trump leadership, suppressing individual personality during social
foraging. Science Advances., 2(9), E1600892.
Ward, A., Thomas, P., Hart, P., & Krause, J. (2004). Correlates of Boldness in Three-Spined Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus
aculeatus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 55(6), 561-568. Retrieved from
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ReferencesLuck, Yu. (Artist). (2016). [Marine Digital Icons]. Retrieved from https://thenounproject.com/yuluck/
Hiukka, Markus. (Photographer). (2016). Gasterous aculeatus [Photograph].
Rapson, Andy. (Photographer). (2012). Danio rerio [Photograph].
Sea Lion Chase [Photograph]. (2013). Retrieved from https://adventureaquarium.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/sea-lion-chase-
doubilet_18413_600x450.jpg
Ball of Fish [Photograph]. (2013) Retrieved from https://fpsbutest.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/5osvj27134.jpg
Special Thanks to • Matt Kolmann – Professor • Liz Allyn – Peer Editor• Caitlin Sussman – Peer Editor
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