Social familiarity improves fast-start escape performance in schooling fish

Nadler et al examined how social familiarity influences fast-start defensive responses in the tropical damselfish Chromis viridis. They showed that fish in familiar schools responded faster to threats and the behaviour of others in the school than those in unfamiliar schools, which indicates that so...

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Main Authors: Lauren E. Nadler, Mark I. McCormick, Jacob L. Johansen, Paolo Domenici
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02407-4