Dying or illness feigning: An unreported feeding tactic of the Comb Grouper Mycteroperca acutirostris (Serranidae) from the southwest Atlantic

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2004, Pages 403-405

  Gibran, Fernando Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; THANATOSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

CICHLIDAE; MYCTEROPERCA; MYCTEROPERCA ACUTIROSTRIS; PISCES; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 2442526595     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CI-03-200R1     Document Type: Article

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