ABSTRACT
Intraspecific predation or cannibalism is a common phenomenon among both invertebrates (Fox, 1975a; Polis, 1981) and vertebrates (Chapters 2 and 4, this volume). Among fishes, intraspecific predation and cannibalism of eggs (embryos), larvae, and juveniles are very com mon in nature and have been frequently reported, albeit in a very scattered literature. In this chapter, a survey of infanticide and canni balism of early life stages in fishes is provided and the important behav ioral consequences of these phenomena are described.
