Wolf in a sheep's clothes: juvenile coney (Cephalopholis fulva) as an aggressive mimic of the brown chromis (Chromis multilineata)

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Autor(a) principal: Sazima,Ivan
Data de Publicação: 2005
Outros Autores: Krajewski,João Paulo, Bonaldo,Roberta Martini, Sazima,Cristina
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Neotropical ichthyology (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252005000200011
Resumo: We found yellowish juvenile coneys (Cephalopholis fulva) at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off Northeast Brazil, joining schools of similarly sized and coloured brown chromis (Chromis multilineata) when these latter closely approach the rocky reefs. Mingled within the mid-water hovering group of the plankton-feeding chromis, the piscivorous coney is able to approach unaware prey - an instance of aggressive mimicry. Three out of four coney individuals hunting under such disguise were successful in their attempts to prey on the otherwise wary rock-dwelling blenny (Malacoctenus species). This is the first instance of an epinepheline grouper mimicking a schooling and plankton-eating damselfish model in the West Atlantic.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Wolf in a sheep's clothes: juvenile coney (Cephalopholis fulva) as an aggressive mimic of the brown chromis (Chromis multilineata)
title Wolf in a sheep's clothes: juvenile coney (Cephalopholis fulva) as an aggressive mimic of the brown chromis (Chromis multilineata)
spellingShingle Wolf in a sheep's clothes: juvenile coney (Cephalopholis fulva) as an aggressive mimic of the brown chromis (Chromis multilineata)
Sazima,Ivan
Mimicry
hunting tactic
epinepheline grouper
plankton-feeding damselfish
title_short Wolf in a sheep's clothes: juvenile coney (Cephalopholis fulva) as an aggressive mimic of the brown chromis (Chromis multilineata)
title_full Wolf in a sheep's clothes: juvenile coney (Cephalopholis fulva) as an aggressive mimic of the brown chromis (Chromis multilineata)
title_fullStr Wolf in a sheep's clothes: juvenile coney (Cephalopholis fulva) as an aggressive mimic of the brown chromis (Chromis multilineata)
title_full_unstemmed Wolf in a sheep's clothes: juvenile coney (Cephalopholis fulva) as an aggressive mimic of the brown chromis (Chromis multilineata)
title_sort Wolf in a sheep's clothes: juvenile coney (Cephalopholis fulva) as an aggressive mimic of the brown chromis (Chromis multilineata)
author Sazima,Ivan
author_facet Sazima,Ivan
Krajewski,João Paulo
Bonaldo,Roberta Martini
Sazima,Cristina
author_role author
author2 Krajewski,João Paulo
Bonaldo,Roberta Martini
Sazima,Cristina
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Sazima,Ivan
Krajewski,João Paulo
Bonaldo,Roberta Martini
Sazima,Cristina
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Mimicry
hunting tactic
epinepheline grouper
plankton-feeding damselfish
topic Mimicry
hunting tactic
epinepheline grouper
plankton-feeding damselfish
description We found yellowish juvenile coneys (Cephalopholis fulva) at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off Northeast Brazil, joining schools of similarly sized and coloured brown chromis (Chromis multilineata) when these latter closely approach the rocky reefs. Mingled within the mid-water hovering group of the plankton-feeding chromis, the piscivorous coney is able to approach unaware prey - an instance of aggressive mimicry. Three out of four coney individuals hunting under such disguise were successful in their attempts to prey on the otherwise wary rock-dwelling blenny (Malacoctenus species). This is the first instance of an epinepheline grouper mimicking a schooling and plankton-eating damselfish model in the West Atlantic.
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