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The twinspot bass Serranus flaviventris (Serranidae) as follower of the goldspotted eel Myrichthys ocellatus (Ophichthidae) in north-eastern Brazil, with notes on other serranids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2009

Rodrigo Maia-Nogueira ,
José de Anchieta C.C. Nunes ,
Ericka O.C. Coni ,
Camilo M. Ferreira  and
Cláudio L.S. Sampaio
Rodrigo Maia-Nogueira*
Affiliation:
Centro de Pesquisa e Conservação dos Ecossistemas Aquáticos (BIOTA Aquática), Av. Euclydes da Cunha, 476, ap.4B, Graça, 40.150-120 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Católica do Salvador (UCSal), Avenida Prof. Pinto de Aguiar, 2589, Pituaçu, 40.710-000, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
José de Anchieta C.C. Nunes
Affiliation:
Centro de Pesquisa e Conservação dos Ecossistemas Aquáticos (BIOTA Aquática), Av. Euclydes da Cunha, 476, ap.4B, Graça, 40.150-120 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Católica do Salvador (UCSal), Avenida Prof. Pinto de Aguiar, 2589, Pituaçu, 40.710-000, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Ericka O.C. Coni
Affiliation:
Centro de Pesquisa e Conservação dos Ecossistemas Aquáticos (BIOTA Aquática), Av. Euclydes da Cunha, 476, ap.4B, Graça, 40.150-120 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Católica do Salvador (UCSal), Avenida Prof. Pinto de Aguiar, 2589, Pituaçu, 40.710-000, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Camilo M. Ferreira
Affiliation:
Centro de Pesquisa e Conservação dos Ecossistemas Aquáticos (BIOTA Aquática), Av. Euclydes da Cunha, 476, ap.4B, Graça, 40.150-120 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Católica do Salvador (UCSal), Avenida Prof. Pinto de Aguiar, 2589, Pituaçu, 40.710-000, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Cláudio L.S. Sampaio
Affiliation:
Museu de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Barão de Geremoabo, s/nº, Ondina, 40.170-290 Salvador, BA, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Rodrigo Maia-Nogueira, Centro de Pesquisa e Conservação dos Ecossistemas Aquáticos (BIOTA Aquática), Av. Euclydes da Cunha, 476, ap.4B, Graça, 40.150-120 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil email: maianogueira@gmail.com
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Abstract

This paper reports the twinspot bass Serranus flaviventris as followers of the goldspotted eel Myrichthys ocellatus in Tinharé Island, Bahia State, north-eastern Brazil. The goldspotted eel disturbs the sediment in coastal waters exposing prey in which the the twinspot bass forages. This note describes for the first time the following behaviour between Serranus and Anguiliform fish. In the remainder of the note we present a review of this behaviour for small serranids in shallow waters of Bahia, north-eastern Brazil.

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Serranus flaviventrisMyrichthys ocellatusfollowing behaviour

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e99
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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