Turtle cleaners: reef fishes foraging on epibionts of sea turtles in the tropical Southwestern Atlantic, with a summary of this association type

Autor:	Cristina Sazima, Alice Grossman, Ivan Sazima
Jazyk:	angličtina
Předmět:	Cleaning symbiosis Foraging association Cheloniidae Tropical Western Atlantic Zoology QL1-991
Zdroj:	Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 187-192
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1982-0224 1679-6225
DOI:	10.1590/S1679-62252010005000003
Popis:	In the present study we record several instances of reef fish species foraging on epibionts of sea turtles (cleaning symbiosis) at the oceanic islands of Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and near a shipwreck, both off the coast of Pernambuco State, northeast Brazil. Nine reef fish species and three turtle species involved in cleaning are herein recorded. Besides our records, a summary of the literature on this association type is presented. Postures adopted by turtles during the interaction are related to the habits of associated fishes. Feeding associations between fishes and turtles seem a localized, albeit common, phenomenon.
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