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If seasonal mimicking functions as environmental enrichment, I expected both species to exhibit behaviors consistent with those observed in wild populations. Tennessee dace became more active. Tangerine darters became more active, increased their space use, were more likely to be adjacent to another fish, and spent more time begging. Both species did not exhibit maladaptive behaviors. 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