Talk:Hardhead catfish
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Behavior
[edit]Added sections on behavior (locomotion, feeding behavior, parental care, reproduction, communication). VAleles (talk) 02:41, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
- I added links to some terms and changed wording in a couple of places. Possible improvements to the page:
- Be consistent throughout the page in referring to the fish, use either hardhead catfish or A. felis
- elaborate on the comment about being third order (tertiary) consumers
- Clarify the locomotion section; it has too much jargon and the research results are unclear
- add a "real" picture of a hardhead catfish and a picture of a gafftopsail catfish for comparison
Wenamy (talk) 04:48, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
- some mouthbrooders suffer from mouthbrooding since it causes physiological changes that lower fitness. mention disadvantages under parental care section to be more comprehensive.
Edits
[edit]Hello! I am a student in behavioral ecology at Washington University and I have made some changes and suggestions for your article:
You did a very good job! I like the conciseness of your sentences, you are straight to the point. I made a few of the following changes, just pay attention to grammer and linking to important words. - added the also to this sentence: “They are also mainly secondary consumers, ingesting primarily detritus, meio-, and macrobenthic fauna and fish.” - Hyperlinks for algae, courtship and spawning - Made the appear in this sentence present tense: “Photoperiod appears to be the exogenous cue that triggers the cyclic changes in behavior.” - Replaced presentation with onset in this sentence: “Their activity level was highest right after the chemical stimulus onset” Gseehra123 (talk) 03:59, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
Improving this article
[edit]This article is a good start, but improvements are necessary! The Habits, distribution, and characteristics section should be three separate sections. The Weight and Length section should be included in the Characteristics (or Morphology) section. As to Wikipedia good article standards, the lead should not include any new information, but rather summarize the entire article. For example, specifics of weight and length are given in the lead but not included in the main body of the text. Pictures should be included throughout the article. Also, more links to other pages would be good. There are technical errors that should be fixed to comply with Wikipedia standards, such as only capitalizing the first letter of the section title and consistently using the full scientific name. LibbyWard (talk) 23:10, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
Edits/comments
[edit]- The section titled “Habits, distribution, and characteristics” can be divided up such that the information about the fish’s physical description becomes a separate section.
- The article contains a lot of information about specific studies and experiments, which do not seem appropriate for this Wikipedia entry, as it should be neutral and contain no original research.
- The section titled “Fishing” does not seem appropriate for this Wikipedia entry, which should have a scientific focus.
- I made some edits to the article’s writing, in order to make it read more clearly and directly.