Juvenile silver grunter Mesopristes argenteus shift benthic objects to access food

Brendan C. Ebner; James A. Donaldson; Danswell Starrs

doi:10.1111/jfb.14090

Juvenile silver grunter Mesopristes argenteus shift benthic objects to access food

Brendan C. Ebner^*, James A. Donaldson, Danswell Starrs

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Juvenile silver grunter Mesopristes argenteus were observed, photographed and filmed manoeuvring objects with their snout and nape to expose benthic prey in two short steep coastal streams, including in the micro-estuary of one of these streams within the Australian Wet Tropics. Objects that were moved included leaves, sticks, bark, wood, seed pods, rainforest fruit, coral fragments and pebbles. Follower fish were sometimes associated with the foraging behaviour.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	974-978
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Fish Biology
Volume	95
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14090
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2019

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