Frequent visits to various anvils during tool use by the graphic tuskfish Choerodon graphicus ( Labridae )
| Autor: | Kimberley J. Pryor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Tool Use Behavior biology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Event (relativity) Gastropoda Foundation (engineering) Aquatic Science Mooring biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Bivalvia Perciformes Predation Fishery Choerodon New Caledonia Wrasse Predatory Behavior Animals Conical shell Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Fish Biology. 97:1564-1568 |
| ISSN: | 1095-8649 0022-1112 |
| Popis: | This study investigated tool use by the graphic tuskfish Choerodon graphicus in New Caledonia. Anvils included rocks, a conical shell, flat dead corals and a concrete mooring. Sixteen tool-use events were observed in 10 h. A tool-use event often involved more than one anvil (44%). On average, C. graphicus struck prey six times and spent 84 s at an anvil. The only prey items brought to anvils were bivalve and gastropod molluscs. These results provide a foundation for future research on tool use in fishes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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