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Wolves in sheep’s clothing: three new cases of aggressive mimicry in Red Sea coral reef fishes

dc.contributor.authorRocha, Luiz A.
dc.contributor.authorDiBattista, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorSinclair-Taylor, Tane H.
dc.contributor.authorBerumen, Michael L.
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-01T10:50:12Z
dc.date.available2020-10-01T10:50:12Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-30
dc.date.submitted2020-05-06
dc.identifier.citationRocha, L. A., DiBattista, J. D., Sinclair-Taylor, T. H., & Berumen, M. L. (2020). Wolves in sheep’s clothing: three new cases of aggressive mimicry in Red Sea coral reef fishes. Journal of Natural History, 54(15-16), 1019–1023. doi:10.1080/00222933.2020.1780331
dc.identifier.issn0022-2933
dc.identifier.issn1464-5262
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00222933.2020.1780331
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10754/665398
dc.description.abstractHere we document three cases of mimicry in coral reef fishes not previously reported in the literature involving two groupers (Epinephelus leucogrammicus and Plectropomus marisrubri) and a soapfish (Diploprion drachi) as mimics, and two wrasses (Larabicus quadrilineatus and Cheilinus quinquecinctus) and a blenny (Meiacanthus nigrolineatus) as models. All three cases are of aggressive mimicry, with a predatory species mimicking a harmless one, and in one of the cases, the mimicry is also Müllerian, where both the predator and harmless species are unpalatable.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Office of Competitive Research Funds (OCRF) under Award No. CRG-1-2012-BER-002 and 59130357, baseline research funds to M.L.B., as well as a National Geographic Society Grant 9024-11 to J.D.D and California Academy of Sciences funding to L.A.R. We acknowledge logistic support from Eric Mason at Dream Divers, KAUST Coastal and Marine Resources Core Lab along with Malek Amr Gusti and the crew of the RV Thuwal, and field assistance from members of the Reef Ecology Lab at KAUST, particularly Darren Coker.
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222933.2020.1780331
dc.rightsArchived with thanks to Journal of Natural History
dc.titleWolves in sheep’s clothing: three new cases of aggressive mimicry in Red Sea coral reef fishes
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.departmentBiological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division
dc.contributor.departmentMarine Science Program
dc.contributor.departmentRed Sea Research Center (RSRC)
dc.contributor.departmentReef Ecology Lab
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Natural History
dc.rights.embargodate2021-09-30
dc.eprint.versionPost-print
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences , San Francisco, CA, USA
dc.contributor.institutionAustralian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum , Sydney, Australia
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University , Bentley, Australia
dc.contributor.institutionAustralian Institute of Marine Science , Townsville, QLD, Australia
dc.identifier.volume54
dc.identifier.issue15-16
dc.identifier.pages1019-1023
kaust.personDiBattista, Joseph
kaust.personSinclair-Taylor, Tane
kaust.personBerumen, Michael L.
kaust.grant.numberCRG-1-2012-BER-002
dc.date.accepted2020-06-03
kaust.acknowledged.supportUnitKAUST Coastal and Marine Resources Core Lab
kaust.acknowledged.supportUnitOffice of Competitive Research Funds (OCRF)
kaust.acknowledged.supportUnitReef Ecology Lab
dc.date.published-online2020-09-30
dc.date.published-print2020-04-17


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