Displacement activity: male salmon digging
Male displacement activity digging
Alpha male Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) making a displacement activity dig in response to female leaving redd (in background) due an inquisitive female (near alpha male).
ActinopterygiiAlaskaChordataClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataPower CreekRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSockeye SalmonSouth Central AlaskaSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostTeleosteiUnited StatesVertebratechordatedisplacement activityfish behaviormale behaviormale salmon diggingnear Cordovaunderwater
A male Pink Salmon exhibits frustration by making a displacement activity dig
A male Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) exhibits frustration by making a displacement activity dig between a rival male and the female building a redd, who has moved aside.
ActinopterygiiAlaskaAlaska wild salmonCRDChordataClass ActinopterygiiCopper River DeltaHumpback SalmonInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus gorbuschaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataPink SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSouth Central AlaskaSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostTeleosteiUnited StatesVertebratebiospherechordatedisplacement activityfish behaviorin situmale behaviormale salmon diggingnaturalworldnatureunderwaterunderwaterphotowildwild salmon
Displacement Activity
A male Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) makes a displacement activity dig.
ActinopterygiiAlaska wild salmonChordataClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostTeleosteiVertebratebiospherechordatedisplacement activityfish behaviorin situmale behaviormale salmon diggingnaturalworldnatureunderwaterunderwaterphotowildwild salmon
Male Sockeye Salmon digging
Male Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) digging.
ActinopterygiiAlaska wild salmonChordataClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostTeleosteiVertebratebiospherechordatedisplacement activityfish behaviorin situmale behaviormale salmon diggingnaturalworldnatureunderwaterunderwaterphotowildwild salmon
Male Sockeye salmon digging displacement activity
Male Sockeye salmon digging displacement activity. Female in background. Aspect ratio = 2:3.
ActinopterygiiAlaska wild salmonChordataClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostTeleosteiVertebratebiospherechordatedisplacement activityfish behaviorin situmale behaviormale salmon diggingnaturalworldnatureunderwaterunderwaterphotowildwild salmon
Dsplacement Activity
A female Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) pauses over her redd while a male makes a displacement activty dig followed by two competing males.
ActinopterygiiAlaska wild salmonChordataClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostTeleosteiVertebratebiospherechordatedisplacement activityfish behaviorin situmale behaviormale salmon diggingnaturalworldnatureunderwaterunderwaterphotowildwild salmon
Displacement Activity
A male Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) makes a displacement activity dig.
ActinopterygiiAlaska wild salmonChordataClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostTeleosteiVertebratebiospherechordatedisplacement activityfish behaviorin situmale behaviormale salmon diggingnaturalworldnatureunderwaterunderwaterphotowildwild salmon
Displacement Activity
A male Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) makes a displacement activity dig.
ActinopterygiiAlaska wild salmonChordataClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostTeleosteiVertebratebiospherechordatedisplacement activityfish behaviorin situmale behaviormale salmon diggingnaturalworldnatureunderwaterunderwaterphotowildwild salmon
Displacement Activity
A male Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) makes a displacement activity dig.
ActinopterygiiAlaska wild salmonChordataClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostTeleosteiVertebratebiospherechordatedisplacement activityfish behaviorin situmale behaviormale salmon diggingnaturalworldnatureunderwaterunderwaterphotowildwild salmon
Displacement Activity
A male Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) makes a displacement activity dig.
Alaska wild salmonClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostVertebratebiospheredisplacement activityfish behaviorin situmale behaviormale salmon diggingnaturalworldnatureunderwaterunderwaterphotowildwild salmon
Male Sockeye Salmon digging displacement activity
Male Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) digging displacement activity. Female in background. Aspect ratio = 16:9.
ActinopterygiiAlaska wild salmonCarangidaeChordataClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiJackNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPerciformesPercoideiPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostTeleosteiVertebratebiospherechordatedisplacement activityfish behaviorin situmale behaviormale salmon diggingmale salmon digging4marine lifenaturalworldnatureunderwaterunderwaterphotowildwild salmon