Coal grunters shift benthic objects to access macroinvertebrates in a headwater stream
Ebner, Brendan C., Donaldson, James A., and Starrs, Danswell (2018) Coal grunters shift benthic objects to access macroinvertebrates in a headwater stream. Pacific Conservation Biology, 24 (4). pp. 417-418.
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Abstract
Despite ray-finned fishes representing the most species-rich group of vertebrates on earth, representatives from few fish families (mostly marine) have been observed using novel methods to manoeuvre objects to access prey. Specific behaviours include mouthing water jets or using fin beats to excavate prey from fine sediments, smashing prey on anvils, and pushing, flipping, lifting or carrying substrate (Jensen 2005; Brown 2012). There are no published records of these behaviours pertaining to any of the grunters (fishes of the family Terapontidae, distributed in the Indo-Pacific region and mostly inhabiting fresh waters in Australia and PapuaNew Guinea: Allen et al. 2002; Shelley et al. 2018).
| Item ID: | 57203 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Short Note) |
| ISSN: | 2204-4604 |
| Keywords: | animal behaviour, fish ecology, habitat interactions |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Feb 2019 23:24 |
| FoR Codes: | 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0602 Ecology > 060201 Behavioural Ecology @ 50% 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0602 Ecology > 060204 Freshwater Ecology @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9608 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity > 960807 Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity @ 100% |
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