Feng Bowen, Chen Liming, Huang Liangmin, Li Jun, Liu Kai
Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China.
Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Fishery Resources and Eco-Environment, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China.
Animals (Basel). 2024 Nov 22;14(23):3369. doi: 10.3390/ani14233369.
Visual signals are crucial for animals to obtain information about their environment, and they play a significant role in mate choice. However, individual variability and factors such as movement patterns can hinder research flexibility. A key challenge in this field is the accurate simulation of specific movements and behaviors. In this study, we investigated the western mosquitofish () by creating 3D simulation animations using the Maya 2018 software. Meanwhile, we validated the effectiveness of this animation through dichotomous association preference tests. The results showed that our subjects could successfully identify 3D simulated mates, and both males and females demonstrated pronounced preferences for larger simulated animations. Moreover, our findings revealed that this species exhibited a notably stronger preference for 3D simulations compared to 2D animations. These findings suggest that 3D simulation technology holds significant potential for the investigation of fish mate choice, offering an efficient, precise, standardized, and easily manageable non-invasive method for future research in fish behavior.
视觉信号对于动物获取有关其环境的信息至关重要，并且它们在配偶选择中发挥着重要作用。然而，个体变异性以及诸如运动模式等因素会阻碍研究的灵活性。该领域的一个关键挑战是准确模拟特定的运动和行为。在本研究中，我们通过使用Maya 2018软件创建3D模拟动画来研究西部食蚊鱼（）。同时，我们通过二分关联偏好测试验证了该动画的有效性。结果表明，我们的实验对象能够成功识别3D模拟配偶，并且雄性和雌性都对更大的模拟动画表现出明显的偏好。此外，我们的研究结果表明，与2D动画相比，该物种对3D模拟表现出明显更强的偏好。这些发现表明，3D模拟技术在鱼类配偶选择研究中具有巨大潜力，为未来鱼类行为研究提供了一种高效、精确、标准化且易于管理的非侵入性方法。
