Conspecific agonistic behaviour in the Mediterranean parrotfish

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作者：
David Abecasis
Pedro Afonso
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[1] Universidade Do Algarve,Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR)
[2] University of the Azores,Okeanos/Institute of Marine Research (IMAR)
来源：
acta ethologica | 2021年 / 24卷
关键词：
Aggressive behaviour; Mouth locking; Territorial; Scarinae; Azores;
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Aggressive behaviour in fishes, particularly in territorial species, is a common trait used to defend resources such as food or mates. Territorial males of the Mediterranean parrotfish Sparisoma cretense have been described to chase away conspecifics yet other aggressive behaviour repertoire has not been reported for this species. We describe, for the first time, an extreme aggressive behaviour between two male Mediterranean parrotfish which includes biting and prolonged mouth locking.
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