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The First Cleaner Ant? A Novel Partnership in the Arizona Desert [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionI give an account of the first known example of an ant (i.e., an undescribed Dorymyrmex) that licks and nips the much larger workers of a different ant species (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) in a manner remarkably parallel to the actions of cleaner fish that ...
Mark W. Moffett
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FishesLumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) are used as cleaner fish in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture as one of multiple control measures against salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis).
Solveig Engebretsen +5 more
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Condition factor tailored to lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) used as cleaner fish in salmonid farms
Aquaculture ReportsLumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) are extensively used as part of the control measures against salmon lice in fish farms. In recent years, there has been an increased focus on lumpfish welfare, and how to increase survival of lumpfish during production.
Solveig Engebretsen +8 more
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Female cleaner fish cooperate more with unfamiliar males. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2012 Joint group membership is of major importance for cooperation in humans, and close ties or familiarity with a partner are also thought to promote cooperation in other animals. Here, we present the opposite pattern: female cleaner fish,Labroides dimidiatus,behave more cooperatively (by feeding more against their preference) when paired with an ...
Raihani NJ, Grutter AS, Bshary R.
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Reply to Morin: Cleaner fish have a concept of the self. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023 Kohda M, Sowersby W, Awata S, Sogawa S.
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Arginine vasotocin regulation of interspecific cooperative behaviour in a cleaner fish. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2012 In an interspecific cooperative context, individuals must be prepared to tolerate close interactive proximity to other species but also need to be able to respond to relevant social stimuli in the most appropriate manner. The neuropeptides vasopressin and oxytocin and their non-mammalian homologues have been implicated in the evolution of sociality and
Soares MC +5 more
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Low Ectoparasite Loads and Interactions With Cleaner Fish Among Amphiprion Anemonefish
Aquaculture, Fish and FisheriesInteractions between ectoparasites, reef fishes and cleaner species are well documented; however, anemonefishes (Amphiprioninae) have been largely overlooked in this context.
Cassie M. Hoepner +6 more
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Applied Food Research, 2021 Farmed lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) is frequently used as cleaner fish in Norwegian salmon aquaculture. During the period in the net cage, the lumpfish feed on salmon lice.
Tatiana N. Ageeva +3 more
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Veterinary Record, 2018 Currently, cleaner fish are one of the most widely used sea lice control strategies in Atlantic salmon aquaculture. Two species are currently being farmed in North Atlantic countries, ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) and lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus), and
Athina Papadopoulou +2 more
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The cleaner fish <i>Elacatinus figaro</i> can control the monogenean <i>Neobenedenia melleni</i>, an ectoparasite of Lebranche mullet <i>Mugil liza</i> and does not decrease the hematological response. [PDF]
J Parasit DisMartins ML +7 more
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