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Association between juvenile reef fish and the Caribbean reef squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea on north-eastern Brazilian coastal reefs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2007

José de Anchieta C.C. Nunes ,
Laís de C.T. Chaves ,
Rodrigo Maia-Nogueira  and
Cláudio L.S. Sampaio
José de Anchieta C.C. Nunes
Affiliation:
Biota Aquática, Centro de Pesquisa e Conservação dos Ecossistemas Aquáticos (Biota Aquática), Rua Mirante de Pituaçú, no.10, 41740-500, Pituaçú, SSa-Ba, Brasil and Universidade Católica do Salvador.
Laís de C.T. Chaves
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Biologia do Nécton e Ecologia Pesqueira, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, RJ, Brasil
Rodrigo Maia-Nogueira
Affiliation:
Biota Aquática, Centro de Pesquisa e Conservação dos Ecossistemas Aquáticos (Biota Aquática), Rua Mirante de Pituaçú, no.10, 41740-500, Pituaçú, SSa-Ba, Brasil and Universidade Católica do Salvador.
Cláudio L.S. Sampaio
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, CCEN, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Campus Universitário, 58.059-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
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Abstract

This article reports on four different juvenile reef fish species, Polydactylus virginicus, Haemulon aurolineatum, H. steindachneri and Carangoides bartholomaei swimming along with schools of the caribbean reef squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea. Three different behaviours were observed. This is the first record of this squid species on Brazilian reef habitats. We suggest that this behaviour is mainly related to protection for juvenile fish against potential pelagic predators.

Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 87 , Issue 3 , June 2007 , pp. 761 - 762
Copyright
2007 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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