Are juvenile coral-trouts (Plectropomus) mimics of poisonous pufferfishes (Canthigaster) on coral reefs?

Marine Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-252

  Frisch, Ashley J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggressive mimicry; Batesian mimicry; Coral reeffish; Mimicry complex; Serranidae; Tetraodontidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGRESSION; CORAL REEF; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; MIMICRY; PALATABILITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANTHOZOA; CANTHIGASTER; PLECTROPOMUS; SALMONIDAE; SERRANIDAE; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 33749326100     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2006.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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