“Swallowing it all” – Extreme ingestion capability of juvenile reef fish

  • Pereira P
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Abstract

During a predation event a juvenile grouper, rock hind Epinephelus adscensionis, fed upon the redlip blenny Ophioblennius trinitatis. It is important to highlight that both individuals had pretty much the same size during the predation event (around 5 cm); however, the grouper ingested the whole prey.Durante um evento de predação um indivíduo juvenil de Epinephelus adscensionis (peixe-gato) alimentou-se de Ophioblennius trinitatis (macaquinho). É importante destacar que ambos os peixes apresentavam praticamente o mesmo tamanho (aproximadamente 5 cm); no entanto, a garoupa engoliu a presa inteira.

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Pereira, P. H. C. (2014). “Swallowing it all” – Extreme ingestion capability of juvenile reef fish. Biota Neotropica, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1590/s1676-06020140071

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