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Cleaning activity among Labridae in the Azores: the rainbow wrasse Coris julis and the Azorean blue wrasse Centrolabrus caeruleus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Áthila Andrade Bertoncini*
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de São Carlos—PPGERN—CxP 676 São Carlos, SP 13.565-905Brazil
Leonardo Francisco Machado
Affiliation:
Universidade dos Açores, Departamento Ciências Agrárias and ImarAçores 9701-851 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
João Pedro Barreiros
Affiliation:
Universidade dos Açores, Departamento Ciências Agrárias and ImarAçores 9701-851 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
Maurício Hostim-Silva
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo—UFES—DCSBA—CEUNES—R.Humberto de Almeida Franklin, 257 São Mateus—ES 29.933-415Brazil
José Roberto Verani
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de São Carlos—PPGERN—CxP 676 São Carlos, SP 13.565-905Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Á.A. Bertoncini, Universidade Federal de São Carlos—PPGERN—CxP 676, São Carlos SP 13.565-905Brazil email: [email protected]

Abstract

Cleaning interactions among the rainbow wrasse Coris julis and the azorean blue wrasse Centrolabrus caeruleus are presented with photographic registers, as well as the first record of the latter cleaning conspecifics from Azorean shallow rocky reefs.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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