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Inhabits clear seaward reefs. More common around oceanic islands (Ref. 9276). Found on inner and outer reef crests, usually near the slope or drop-off to deeper water, where in small but loose aggregations. Sometimes swims high above substrate feeding on zooplankton (ref. 48637). Diet consists primarily of calcareous algae and zooplankton (Ref. 1602); also feeds on phytoplankton (Ref. 5213). At Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, southeast Atlantic, groups of about 100 individuals join groups of spinner dolphins to feed on feces and vomits of the cetaceans when they congregate in a shallow bay for rest and social interactions. The postures a dolphin adopts prior to defecating or vomiting are recognized, and the fish begin to converge to the dolphin shortly before the actual voiding. Offal feeding may be regarded as a simple behavioral shift from plankton feeding to drifting offal picking (Ref. 48727). Marketed fresh (Ref. 9770).
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Chromis iomelas Jordan & Seale, 1906
Half-and-half chromis |
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Oreochromis urolepis subsp. urolepis (Norman, 1922)
Rufigi tilapia |
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Pagothenia brachysoma (Pappenheim, 1912)
Bandtail notothen |
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Strumigenys schmalzi Emery, 1906 |
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Callogobius clitellus McKinney & Lachner, 1978
Saddled goby |