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Wrasse as cleaner-fish for farmed salmon

open access: yes, 1991
In aquarium and sea cage experiments four wrasse species from Norwegian waters were identified as facultative cleaners, with lice infested salmon (Salmo salar) as the host: goldsinny (Ctenblabrus rupestris), rock cook (Centrolabrus exoletus), female cuckoo wrasse (Labrus ossifagus) and corkwing wrasse Crenilabrus melops).
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Preliminary Investigation Into the Appropriateness of Control Measures and Harvest Control Rules for a Data‐Limited, Sex‐Changing Fish Managed by Harvest Slot Limits

open access: yesAquaculture, Fish and Fisheries
Fisheries assessments require valid life‐history information to evaluate species’ abundance and reproductive potential. Assessing sequential hermaphrodites requires additional information to account for these species’ complex maturation schedules.
Calum J. Pritchard   +6 more
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Characteristics of the sleep structure in a teleost cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus

open access: yes
Abstract Sleep is a widespread phenomenon among animals, yet its evolutionary traits and core functions remain largely enigmatic. To elucidate the fundamental characteristics of behavioral sleep in fish, we conducted quantitative assessments of behavioral and physiological properties, including body movement, eye movement, yawing, and ...
Masayuki Yoshida   +4 more
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Behavioral and depth preference for wrasse (Labridae) used as cleaner fish in salmon aquaculture

open access: yes, 2023
Wild and farmed wrasse are used as cleaner fish in Norwegian salmon aquaculture as a biological remedy against the ectoparasite salmon lice. For wrasse to be a well-functioning cleaner fish, it is essential that the species can coexist with salmon in the cage environment.
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The presence of territorial damselfish predicts choosy client species richness at cleaning stations. [PDF]

open access: yesBehav Ecol, 2023
Dunkley K   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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