Comparative Allometric Growth of the Mimetic Ephippid Reef Fishes Chaetodipterus faber and Platax orbicularis.

Mimesis is a relatively widespread phenomenon among reef fish, but the ontogenetic processes relevant for mimetic associations in fish are still poorly understood. In the present study, the allometric growth of two allopatric leaf-mimetic species of ephippid fishes, Chaetodipterus faber from the Atl...

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Main Authors: Breno Barros, Yoichi Sakai, Pedro H C Pereira, Eric Gasset, Vincent Buchet, Moana Maamaatuaiahutapu, Jonathan S Ready, Yrlan Oliveira, Tommaso Giarrizzo, Marcelo Vallinoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4668021?pdf=render