Larvae of the threadsail filefish &lt;i&gt;Stephanolepis cirrhifer&lt;/i&gt; feed on eggs and planulae of the jellyfish &lt;i&gt;Aurelia&lt;/i&gt; sp. under laboratory conditions

Miyajima-Taga, Yuko; Masuda, Reiji; Yamashita, Yoh

doi:10.3800/pbr.11.96

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“…In this regard, S. cirrhifer is also a very promising biocontrol agent. Aquaculture and hatchery production of S. cirrhifer is becoming increasingly popular in Japan and few other countries (An et al., 2011; Khosravi & Lee, 2017; Miyajwia‐Taga et al., 2016). Combining their high market value and high performance in skin fluke egg consumption, this species could be a good target for multispecies aquaculture.…”

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Consumption of monogenean eggs by crustaceans and fish

Shirakashi

Takagi

2020

Aquaculture Research

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The use of biological agents to control parasitic diseases in aquaculture is becoming increasingly popular as it is considered safe, effective and economically beneficial strategy for sustainable aquaculture practices. Monogeneans are among the most problematic parasites in fish farms. Their local outbreaks are largely attributed to the accumulation of eggs on farming structures, and the removal of these eggs by biological agents can be a novel solution to control monogenean diseases. We assessed the consumption of monogenean eggs by two amphipod species (a gammarid and a caprellid), the grass shrimp Palaemon pacificus and three fish (two monacanthids and Girella punctata). The ingestion of Neobenedenia girellae and/or Heteraxine heterocerca eggs was directly or indirectly confirmed in all of the tested organisms. The eggs ingested by the crustaceans lost viability, while those eaten by fish hatched after excretion. Monacanthid filefish consumed N. girellae eggs at the highest rate, up to more than 23,000 eggs individual‐1 24 hr‐1. A cohabitation of Seriola dumerili with a monacanthid, Rudarius ercodes, showed a lower acquisition of N. girellae than those kept without R. ercodes. The results indicated that these crustaceans and fish can be useful biological agents for removing monogenean eggs from culturing facilities.

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Consumption of monogenean eggs by crustaceans and fish

Shirakashi

Takagi

2020

Aquaculture Research

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“…However, interest has grown on the continuously increasing reports of fish preying on medusae. This is due to the possibility of medusivorous fish playing a significant role in controlling jellyfish blooms by feeding on jellyfish adults or even on their eggs and planulae (see Arai 2005 for a review and Miyajima-Taga et al 2016 for recently reported examples). These blooms have become a major concern for the regulation of fish stocks mainly because jellyfish, as voracious zooplankton feeders (Purcell 2003), may prey on fish larvae and compete with zooplanktivorous fish for food (Möller 1984, Purcell & Arai 2001, Brodeur et al 2008).…”

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First record of association between <i>Tamoya haplonema</i> (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) and stromateid fish, with a review on interactions between fish and cubozoan jellyfishes

Lawley

Júnior²

2018

Plankton Benthos Res

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Jellyfish-fish interactions have long been reported, most of these related to medusae as ichthyoplankton predators. Conversely, associations are much less documented, most involving scyphozoan jellyfishes in comparison to cubozoans. We report for the first time the association between the cubozoan Tamoya haplonema and stromateid fish, along with a review of all published cubomedusae-fish interactions. Four individuals of Peprilus cf. crenulatus, were observed swimming around the tentacles and subumbrellar cavity of an individual of T. haplonema during a SCUBA dive on the southern coast of Brazil. This behavior has been noted before, in which fish roam around the tentacles, avoiding them, and may move inside the subumbrellar cavity if threatened. In the review of cubomedusae-fish interactions, over 20 reports involve predation on fish whilst only 6 involve associations, which is much less than the over 80 associations described for scyphomedusae. This emphasizes the scarcity of reports on associations compared to predation, as well as of interactions of fishes with cubozoans if compared to scyphozoans. This could be due to host preference or even the large spatial and temporal variability in the occurrence of the former. Furthermore, even though there are no indications of species-specific interactions, reports of associations with cubozoans only involve fish species from the families Carangidae and Stromateidae, which produce pelagic young that have the highest potential for these associations. Future studies may address the possibility of size relationships in jellyfish-fish associations, as well as potential host preferences by the fish consorts.

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Successes and challenges in jellyfish ecology: examples from Aequorea spp.

Purcell¹

2018

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Larvae of the threadsail filefish <i>Stephanolepis cirrhifer</i> feed on eggs and planulae of the jellyfish <i>Aurelia</i> sp. under laboratory conditions

Cited by 3 publications

References 19 publications

Consumption of monogenean eggs by crustaceans and fish

Consumption of monogenean eggs by crustaceans and fish

First record of association between <i>Tamoya haplonema</i> (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) and stromateid fish, with a review on interactions between fish and cubozoan jellyfishes

Successes and challenges in jellyfish ecology: examples from Aequorea spp.

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