Cleaning Preferences of the Gobies Gobiosoma evelynae and G. prochilos and the Juvenile Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1974
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.2307/1442531
Abstract
Gobiosoma evelynae (Böhlke and Robins), G. prochilos (Böhlke and Robins), and juvenile Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch), long known to be ectoparasite-pickers, are differentiated in terms of their associations with the fishes they clean. The gobies are found to have very broad cleaning preferences, while the wrasse largely restricts its cleaning to non-piscivores. The protection from predation of the gobies is attributed to a more highly evolved specialization as a cleaner than that found in the wrasse. Tank experiments show piscivores to prey readily upon the wrasse, while the gobies exhibit cleaning behavior recognized by the piscivores, and thus escape predation.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
No
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Copeia, v. 1974, issue 2, p. 375-379
Scholar Commons Citation
Darcy, George H.; Maisel, Elizabeth; and Ogden, John C., "Cleaning Preferences of the Gobies Gobiosoma evelynae and G. prochilos and the Juvenile Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum" (1974). Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications. 421.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/bin_facpub/421
