Kenneth R. McKaye

United States
last updated on 18-Apr-2024

Species described (2):

• Cyrtocara liemi Mckaye & Mackenzie, 1982 (Caprichromis), valid
• Pseudotropheus barlowi Mckaye & Stauffer, 1986 (Metriaclima), valid

Publications (33):

• McKaye, Kenneth R.. 1975. "Some aspects of the biology and behavior of the cichlid fishes of Lake Jiloa, Nicaragua". PhD Thesis, University of Califomia, Berkeley. 1-137 (crc08568)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & George W. Barlow. 1976. "Chemical Recognition of Young by the Midas Cichlid, Cichlasoma citrinellum". Copeia. 1976(2):276-282 (crc05344) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & George W. Barlow. 1976. "Competition Between Color Morphs of the Midas Cichlid, Cichlasoma citrinellum, in Lake Jiloá, Nicaragua". Investigations of the ichthyofauna of Nicaraguan Lakes. 465-475 (crc05345)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & N.M. McKaye. 1977. "Communal Care and Kidnapping of Young by Parental Cichlids". Evolution. 31(3):674-681 (crc05349) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R.. 1977. "Competition for breeding sites between the cichlid fishes of Lake Jiloa, Nicaragua". Ecology. 58(2):291–302. DOI: 10.2307/1935604 (crc05338) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R.. 1977. "Defense of a predator's young by a herbivorous fish: an unusual strategy". The American Naturalist. 111(978):301-315 (crc05096) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R.. 1978. "Explosive speciation—The cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi". Discovery. 13(1):24-29 (crc05340)
• McKaye, Kenneth R.. 1979. "Defense of a Predator's Young Revisited". The American Naturalist. 114(4):595-601 (crc05339) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R.. 1979. "Ecology and breeding behavior of a cichlid fish, Cyrtocara eucinostomus, on a large lek in Lake Malawi, Africa". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 8:81-96 (crc07312)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & M.K. Oliver. 1980. "Geometry of a selfish school: defence of cichlid young by bagrid catfish in Lake Malawi, Africa". Animal Behaviour. 28(4): (crc01903) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R.. 1981. "Field observation on death feigning— a unique hunting behavior by the predatory cichlid, Haplochromis livingstoni, of Lake Malawi". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 6(3-4):361-365. DOI: 10.1007/BF00005766 (crc05342) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R.. 1981. "Natural selection and the evolution of interspecific brood care in fishes". In: Alexander, RD and Tinkle, DW (eds). Natural Selection of Social Behavior. Chiron Press, New York. 173–183 (crc05341)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & T. Kocher, P. Reinthal, I. Kornfield. 1982. "A sympatric sibling species complex of Petrotilapia Trewavas from Lake Malawi analysed by enzyme electrophoresis (Pisces: Cichlidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 76(1):91–96 (crc05348) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & C. Mackenzie. 1982. "Cyrtocara liemi, a previously undescribed paedophagous cichlid fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 95(2):398-402 (crc00967) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & A. Marsh. 1983. "Food Switching by Two Specialized Algae-scraping Cichlid Fishes in Lake Malawi, Africa". Oecologia. 56(2-3):245-248. DOI: 10.1007/BF00379697 (crc05355) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & T. Kocher. 1983. "Head ramming behavior by three paedophagous cichlids in Lake Malawi". Animal Behaviour. 31(1):206-210. DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(83)80190-0 (crc05346) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & W.N. Gray. 1984. "Extrinsic barriers to gene flow in rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Malawi— macrohabitat· heterogeneity and reef colonization". in: A.A. Echelle & I. Kornfield (Eds.) Evolution of fish species flocks. University Maine, Orono, USA. 169-183 (crc05353)
• McKaye, Kenneth R.. 1985. "Cichlid-catfish mutualistic defense of young in Lake Malawi, Africa". Oecologia. 66(3):358-363. DOI: 10.1007/BF00378298 (crc02811) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & Jay R. Stauffer, Jr.. 1986. "Description of a gold cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa". Copeia. 1986(4):870-875 (crc01034) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & J.R. Stauffer Jr, S.M. Louda. 1986. "Fish predation as a factor in the distribution of Lake Malawi gastropods". Experimental Biology. 45(4):279-289 (crc05351) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R.. 1986. "Mate choice and size assortative pairing by the cichlid fishes of Lake Jiloa, Nicaragua". Journal of Fish Biology. 29:135–150. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1986.tb05005.x (crc05343) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & Jay R. Stauffer-Jr.. 1988. "Seasonality, depth and habitat distribution of breeding males of Oreochromis spp., ' chambo ', in Lake Malawi National Park". Journal of Fish Biology. 33(6):825-834. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1988.tb05529.x (crc05356) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & S.M. Louda, J.R. Stauffer Jr. 1990. "Bower Size and Male Reproductive Success in a Cichlid Fish Lek". The American Naturalist. 135(5):577-613 (crc05354)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & J.H. Howard, J.R. Stauffer, Jr., R.P. Morgan, F. Shonhiwa. 1993. "Sexual Selection and Genetic Relationships of a Sibling Species Complex of Bower Building Cichlids in Lake Malawi, Africa". Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 40(1):15-21 (crc05336) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & T. Kocher, P. Reinthal, R. Harrison, I. Komfield. 1994. "Genetic Evidence for Allopatric and Sympatric Differentiation Among Color Morphs of a Lake Malawi Cichlid Fish". Evolution. 38(1):215-219 (crc05347)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & J.D. Ryan, J.R. Stauffer, Jr., L.J. Lopez-Perez, G.I. Vega, E.P. van den Berghe. 1995. "African Tilapia in Lake Nicaragua". BioScience. 45(6):406-411 (crc05350) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & E.P. van den Berghe. 1996. "Specialized egg feeding behavior by African and Central American cichlids". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. 7(2):143-148 (crc05352) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & J.R. Stauffer Jr, G.F. Turner, A. Konings, T. Sato. 2001. "Fishes, as well as birds, build bowers". Journal of Aquariculture and Aquatic Sciences. 9:121-128 (crc05357) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & Jay R. Stauffer Jr., Jeffrey K. McCrary. 2001. "The Midas Cichlid Species Complex of Nicaragua: Evidence of Sympatric Speciation?". Cichlid News Magazine. 10(2): 28-34 (crc00611)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & J.R. Stauffer Jr, E.P. van den Berghe, R. Vivas, L.J. Lopez Perez, J.K. McCrary, R. Waid, A. Konings, W.J. Lee, T.D. Kocher. 2002. "Behavioral, morphological and genetic evidence of divergence of the Midas Cichlid species complex in two Nicaraguan crater Lakes". Cuadernos de investigacion de la Universided de Centro América. 12:19-47 (crc01110) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & A.T. Wiklund, J.R. Stauffer Jr., A. Konings, H. Madsen, O. Svensson. 2004. "Bevarande av ett av världens biologiska underverk: Cikliderna i Malawisjön". Ciklidbladet. 37(1):8-17 (crc11427)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & B.A. Murry. 2008. "Sex Role Differentiation in Brood Defense by a Nicaraguan Cichlid Fish, Amphilophus xiloanensis". Caribbean Journal of Science. 44(1):13-20 (crc02594) (abstract)
• McKaye, Kenneth R. & J. Hale, E.P. van den Berghe. 2010. "The reproductive biology of a Central American cichlid Neetroplus nematopus in Lake Xiloá, Nicaragua". Current Zoology. 56(1):43-51 (crc05337) (abstract)