N-acetylated sugars in clownfish and damselfish skin mucus as messengers involved in chemical recognition by anemone host [PDF]
The clownfish - sea anemone system is a great example of symbiotic mutualism where host «toxicity» does not impact its symbiont partner, although the underlying protection mechanism remains unclear.
Sara Heim +5 more
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Modular diversification of the locomotor system in damselfishes (Pomacentridae) [PDF]
ABSTRACTAs fish move and interact with their aquatic environment by swimming, small morphological variations of the locomotor system can have profound implications on fitness. Damselfishes (Pomacentridae) have inhabited coral reef ecosystems for more than 50 million years.
Aguilar-Medrano, Rosalia +2 more
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Anatomical description of the Cortés damselfish Stegastes rectifraenum (Perciformes: Pomacentridae). Key structures for omnivore feeding [PDF]
Pomacentridae is one of the most abundant fish families in coral and rocky reefs of tropical and temperate waters. Stegastes rectifraenum (Gill, 1862), as other members of the genus, is territorial and actively farm algae on its territory, helping in the
Rosalía Aguilar-Medrano +2 more
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A new species of Anemonefish from French Polynesia, Amphiprion maohiensis, (Pomacentridae, Amphiprioninae), the Polynesian anemonefish [PDF]
Anemonefishes (Teleostei, Pomacentridae) comprise approximately 28 species of damselfishes that exclusively live symbiotically with sea anemones. Distribution ranges vary, with some species only found in few isolated islands and others with ranges that ...
James L. O’Donnell +3 more
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Broad-scale spatial distribution, microhabitat association and habitat partitioning of damselfishes (family Pomacentridae) on an Okinawan coral reef [PDF]
Spatial distribution of coral reef fishes is related to diverse environmental variables. This study aimed to elucidate the (1) broad-scale spatial distribution, (2) microhabitat-scale substrate association, (3) degree of dependence on live corals and (4)
Atsushi Nanami
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Zoogonids (trematoda) infecting Indo-West Pacific damselfishes (Pomacentridae), including the proposal of a new genus and two new species [PDF]
As part of a broad survey of the trematodes of damselfishes (Pomacentridae) in the tropical Indo-West Pacific, zoogonids were collected from multiple localities in Australia, New Caledonia, and French Polynesia.
Berilin Duong +3 more
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A database of life history parameters for Pacific coral reef fish [PDF]
Length-weight parameters assist in the estimation of a fish’s biomass based upon assessment of length, providing value to many scientific and management applications.
Anela K. Akiona +8 more
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No change in key reef fish herbivores or reef fisher yields in Barbados a decade after the lionfish invasion [PDF]
Red lionfish, Pterois volitans, a non-native marine species with potential to cause significant damage to Caribbean coral reefs, reached Barbados in late 2011.
Henri Vallès +2 more
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Novel field observations of coral reef fishes feeding on epiphytic and epizoic organisms associated with the allelopathic seaweed Galaxaura divaricata [PDF]
In degraded coral reef ecosystems, allelopathic macroalgae have received increasing attention from marine ecologists because their secondary metabolites (also known as allelochemicals) kill corals that grow adjacent to them and weaken the recovery of ...
Carolin Nieder +4 more
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Bipartite life cycle of coral reef fishes promotes increasing shape disparity of the head skeleton during ontogeny: an example from damselfishes (Pomacentridae) [PDF]
Background Quantitative studies of the variation of disparity during ontogeny exhibited by the radiation of coral reef fishes are lacking. Such studies dealing with the variation of disparity, i.e.
Vandewalle Pierre, Frédérich Bruno
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