female pheromones

Can Fish Produce Pheromones? Most species of fish rely on pheromones (chemical signals released by conspecifics) to mediate social behaviours. Three categories of pheromones can be discerned based on their function: anti‐predator cues, social cues, and reproductive cues. Do fish respond to pheromones? A smell receptor thus seems to be the gateway for PGF2α into