Fish-egg predation by the small clingfish Pherallodichthys meshimaensis (Gobiesocidae) on the shallow reefs of Kuchierabu-jima Island, southern Japan

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-242

  Hirayama, Sachie ^a   Shiiba, Tomoko ^a   Sakai, Yoichi ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroaki ^a   Gushima, Kenji ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Demersal eggs; Diet composition; Obligate fish egg eater; Predatory behavior

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DIET; EGG PREDATION; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KUCHINOERABU ISLAND; KYUSHU; OSUMI ISLANDS; WORLD;

BLENNIIDAE; CRUSTACEA; HARPACTICOIDA; HELCOGRAMMA; HELCOGRAMMA OBTUSIROSTRIS; ISTIBLENNIUS EDENTULUS; PHERALLODICHTHYS MESHIMAENSIS;

EID: 21144453603     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-005-2260-2     Document Type: Article

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