The twinspot bass Serranus flaviventris (Serranidae) as follower of the goldspotted eel Myrichthys ocellatus (Ophichthidae) in north-eastern Brazil, with notes on other serranids

Maia-Nogueira, Rodrigo; Nunes, José de Anchieta C. C.; Coni, Ericka O. C.; Ferreira, Camilo M.; Sampaio, Cláudio L. S.

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“…Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758) is the species with the greatest number of interaction records with M. ocellatus (Sazima et al, 2007;Maia-Nogueira et al, 2008) as confirmed in the present study. This may be due to the high cognitive capacity and opportunist behavior of groupers (Gerhardinger et al, 2006); this group of fishes have among the greatest number of species in association with M. ocellatus.…”

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“…Many studies describe a nuclear-follower foraging association between Anguilliformes and other reef fishes (e.g. Karplus, 1978;Dubin, 1982;Diamant & Shpigel, 1985;Strand, 1988;DeLoach, 1999;Gerhardinger et al, 2006;Sazima et al, 2007;Maia-Nogueira et al, 2008).…”

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“…Results were complemented with the compiled information from previous studies: Puerto Rico (Randall, 1967), and Brazil: Cairu -Bahia State (Maia-Nogueira et al, 2008), São Sebastião -São Paulo State (Gibran, 2007) and Arvoredo -Santa Catarina State (Gerhardinger et al, 2006). The total area studied encompass the latitudes 18º11'N 27º16'S and the longitudes 32°25'W 67°10'W.…”

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“…The genus Mycteroperca was considered by this author to feed only on fish, and it was the one with the lowest food overlap value among all the species analyzed. This may be due to the fact that Randall (1967) only studied adult individuals, while interaction records involved juveniles (Gerhardinger et al, 2006;Maia-Nogueira et al, 2008;Luiz-Jr. et al, 2008). Fig.…”

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Feeding behavior and follower fishes of Myrichthys ocellatus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) in the western Atlantic

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This paper described aspects of feeding behavior of Myrichthys ocellatus in the Western Atlantic, using diving observations and additional data from literature. The feeding behavior of M. ocellatus was characterized by scanning the sand surface and searching for buried preys, using its head and tail as a searching tool. Twelve species of reef fish were detected as followers of M. ocellatus, including three new records of follower species. The food overlap index between M. ocellatus and most follower species was low.O presente estudo descreveu aspectos do comportamento alimentar de Myrichthys ocellatus no Atlântico ocidental, através de observações subaquáticas, complementadas com dados compilados da literatura. Myrichthys ocellatus caracteriza-se por buscar presas entocadas ou enterradas no substrato não consolidados e por usar a cauda e a cabeça como ferramentas de busca. Doze espécies de peixes recifais foram observadas como seguidoras de M. ocellatus, incluindo três novas ocorrências. O índice de sobreposição alimentar entre M. ocellatus e a maioria das espécies seguidoras foi baixo.

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Feeding behavior and follower fishes of Myrichthys ocellatus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) in the western Atlantic

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“…1 Number of fish species described as followers of eels, according to the family, found in 22 peer-reviewed publications the feeding success of follower fish [5,23]. However, the frequency in which the interactions occur was unknown, and surveys only described opportunistic behavioral aspects of the event [13,14,20,24]. To the best of our knowledge, this study presents the first data on duration and frequency (presence x absence) of following interactions with an eel species.…”

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Follower fish of the goldspotted eel Myrichthys ocellatus with a review on anguilliform fish as nuclear species

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In a nuclear-follower fish foraging association, the follower benefits from food uncovered or flushed out when the nuclear fish disturbs the bottom, while nuclear species generally do not seem to be benefiting. Among nuclear species, eels (anguilliform fish) are known to be one of the most represented groups. Here we investigated the frequency and time duration of foraging associations among the goldspotted eel Myrichthys ocellatus and reef fish in a subtropical marginal reef. In addition, we reviewed nuclear eel species and their followers described in the literature. From a total of 211 goldspotted eels observed, seven follower species were recorded in 19% of the samples. The average time of the following associations per species ranged from 40 to 190 s. Four species were reported for the first time as M. ocellatus followers (Bodianus rufus, B. pulchellus, Stephanolepis hispidus, and Serranus baldwini) and three of them have never been reported in the literature as eel followers (B. pulchellus, S. hispidus, and S. baldwini). The literature describes 13 eel species acting as nuclear for 66 fish species, represented mainly by groupers and sea basses. The size of the eel was not correlated with the size of its follower and neither with the number of described follower species. The nuclear role of eels is likely to be an important component of the trophic ecology of small and medium-sized macrocarnivore fish.

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How do follower reef fishes find nuclear fishes?

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2009

Environ Biol Fish

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Among reef fishes, it is common for "follower" individuals to accompany "nuclear" species and to feed on prey uncovered by their foraging. In this study, I examine the cues used by followers to find nuclear fish. A model of a ubiquitous nuclear fish was maintained immobile or moved to disturb the substratum and the number of fish species and individuals attracted was compared to control treatments. The results showed that: 1) bottom disturbance was the strongest attraction factor for follower reef fishes; 2) visual features of the nuclear also attracted follower reef fishes; 3) there was no evidence of an interaction between bottom disturbance and nuclear fish appearance in the attraction of followers, supporting the idea that both factors independently elicit following behaviour by reef fishes.

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The twinspot bass Serranus flaviventris (Serranidae) as follower of the goldspotted eel Myrichthys ocellatus (Ophichthidae) in north-eastern Brazil, with notes on other serranids

Cited by 5 publications

References 13 publications

Feeding behavior and follower fishes of Myrichthys ocellatus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) in the western Atlantic

Feeding behavior and follower fishes of Myrichthys ocellatus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) in the western Atlantic

Follower fish of the goldspotted eel Myrichthys ocellatus with a review on anguilliform fish as nuclear species

How do follower reef fishes find nuclear fishes?

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