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Research Interests

The underlying themes of my research program are the neuroethology and behavioral ecology. My current focus is the relation between ecological selection pressure and brain system. I am interested specifically in understanding of neuronal system, ecological mechanism, development, and evolution of lateralized predation behavior in the scale-eating cichlid fish. Their behavioral laterality appears to share several features in common with handedness in humans. My field site is Lake Tanganyika in Africa.


Please refer to the link below for recent research.
https://www.inamori-f.or.jp/en/210820

Wikipadia (Perissodus microlepis)



The scale-eating cichlid fish (Perissodus microlepis) exhibit
a remarkable dimorphic mouth asymmetry.



The adult fish exhibit conspicuously lateralized predation behavior that is related to the direction of their mouth asymmetry (illastrated by H. Kawai).