Feeding behavior and follower fishes of Myrichthys ocellatus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) in the western Atlantic

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 503-507

  Araújo, Maria E ^a   Pereira, Pedro H C ^a   Feitosa, João L L ^a   Gondolo, Guilherme ^b   Pimenta, Daniel ^a   Nottingham, Mara C ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c Secretaria Especial de Aquicultura e Pesca da Presidencia da Republica SEAP PR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Food overlap; Goldspotted eel; Interspecific associations

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLIFORMES; MYRICHTHYS OCELLATUS; OPHICHTHIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 71449090466     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252009000300019     Document Type: Article

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