Whale sharks Rhincodon typus get cleaned by the blue-streak cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus and the moon wrasse Thalassoma lunare in the Philippines.

Autor: Araujo G; Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, Jagna, Philippines., Miranda JA; Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, Jagna, Philippines., Allen HL; Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, Jagna, Philippines., Labaja J; Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, Jagna, Philippines., Snow S; Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, Jagna, Philippines., Ponzo A; Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, Jagna, Philippines., Legaspi CG; Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, Jagna, Philippines.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of fish biology [J Fish Biol] 2020 Oct; Vol. 97 (4), pp. 1247-1251. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Aug 14.
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14464
Abstrakt: Cleaning interactions are essential for healthy marine ecosystem communities. This study reports the first documentation of the whale shark Rhincodon typus cleaning behaviour in the Indo-West Pacific by two wrasse species, the blue-streak cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus and the moon wrasse Thalassoma lunare in Cebu, Philippines. This study documented 36 cleaning interactions with 14 individual whale sharks. The cleaning interactions appear opportunistic rather than targeted by the sharks, unlike that observed in other species of elasmobranchs. Further work should focus on understanding the drivers of these unique cleaning interactions.
(© 2020 Fisheries Society of the British Isles.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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