Does the association of young fishes with jellyfishes protect from predation?A report on a failure case due to damage to the jellyfish

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Autor(a) principal: Bonaldo,Roberta Martini
Data de Publicação: 2004
Outros Autores: Krajewski,João Paulo, Sazima,Ivan
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Neotropical ichthyology (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252004000200008
Resumo: The fish-jellyfish association is regarded as a temporary symbiosis believed to protect the fishes from predators. Here we report on juvenile scads (Trachurus lathami) associated with the jellyfish Chrysaora lactea, opportunistically preyed on by the grouper Mycteroperca acutirostris while the medusa was being damaged. The predation instances occurred when a couple of the filefish Stephanolepis hispidus approached the jellyfish to nibble on its umbrella. The feeding of the filefish caused a momentary disturbance of the defensive association, perceived and capitalised on by the watchful grouper, an opportunistic and versatile hunter. Before and after the disturbance, the protection offered to the young fish by the jellyfish showed to be effective, which strengthens the hypothesis of defensive function of this association.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Does the association of young fishes with jellyfishes protect from predation?A report on a failure case due to damage to the jellyfish
title Does the association of young fishes with jellyfishes protect from predation?A report on a failure case due to damage to the jellyfish
spellingShingle Does the association of young fishes with jellyfishes protect from predation?A report on a failure case due to damage to the jellyfish
Bonaldo,Roberta Martini
protective symbiosis
fish-jellyfish association
predation
defence
SW Atlantic
title_short Does the association of young fishes with jellyfishes protect from predation?A report on a failure case due to damage to the jellyfish
title_full Does the association of young fishes with jellyfishes protect from predation?A report on a failure case due to damage to the jellyfish
title_fullStr Does the association of young fishes with jellyfishes protect from predation?A report on a failure case due to damage to the jellyfish
title_full_unstemmed Does the association of young fishes with jellyfishes protect from predation?A report on a failure case due to damage to the jellyfish
title_sort Does the association of young fishes with jellyfishes protect from predation?A report on a failure case due to damage to the jellyfish
author Bonaldo,Roberta Martini
author_facet Bonaldo,Roberta Martini
Krajewski,João Paulo
Sazima,Ivan
author_role author
author2 Krajewski,João Paulo
Sazima,Ivan
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Bonaldo,Roberta Martini
Krajewski,João Paulo
Sazima,Ivan
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv protective symbiosis
fish-jellyfish association
predation
defence
SW Atlantic
topic protective symbiosis
fish-jellyfish association
predation
defence
SW Atlantic
description The fish-jellyfish association is regarded as a temporary symbiosis believed to protect the fishes from predators. Here we report on juvenile scads (Trachurus lathami) associated with the jellyfish Chrysaora lactea, opportunistically preyed on by the grouper Mycteroperca acutirostris while the medusa was being damaged. The predation instances occurred when a couple of the filefish Stephanolepis hispidus approached the jellyfish to nibble on its umbrella. The feeding of the filefish caused a momentary disturbance of the defensive association, perceived and capitalised on by the watchful grouper, an opportunistic and versatile hunter. Before and after the disturbance, the protection offered to the young fish by the jellyfish showed to be effective, which strengthens the hypothesis of defensive function of this association.
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