Host preference, site fidelity, and homing behavior of the symbiotically luminous cardinalfish, Siphamia tubifer (Perciformes: Apogonidae)

Autor:	Saki Harii, Alison L. Gould, Paul V. Dunlap
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	geography geography.geographical_feature_category Ecology biology Homing (biology) Foraging Coral reef Aquatic Science biology.organism_classification Apogonidae Diadema setosum Perciformes Echinothrix calamaris biology.animal Sea urchin Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
Zdroj:	Marine Biology. 161:2897-2907
ISSN:	1432-1793 0025-3162
DOI:	10.1007/s00227-014-2554-z
Popis:	The sea urchin cardinalfish, Siphamia tubifer (Perciformes: Apogonidae), is unusual among coral reef fishes for its use of bioluminescence, produced by symbiotic bacteria, while foraging at night. As a foundation for understanding the relationship between the symbiosis and the ecology of the fish, this study examined the diel behavior, host urchin preference, site fidelity, and homing of S. tubifer in June and July of 2012 and 2013 at reefs near Sesoko Island, Okinawa, Japan (26°38′N, 127°52′E). After foraging, S. tubifer aggregated in groups among the spines of the longspine sea urchin, Diadema setosum, and the banded sea urchin, Echinothrix calamaris. A preference for D. setosum was evident (P 25 mm standard length, P
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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