Scolopsis affinis
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Scolopsis affinis (Peters, 1877)
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Scolopsis affinis, Peters' monocle bream, is a fish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[1]
Fish performs behaviour of mobbing the Bobbit worm. The fish swims to the entrance of the worm's burrow, positions itself nearly vertically face-down above it, and blows sharp jets of water in the Bobbit's direction.[2]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Scolopsis affinis" in FishBase. 6 2015 version.
- ^ Lachat, Jose; Haag-Wackernagel, Daniel (12 September 2016). "Novel mobbing strategies of a fish population against a sessile annelid predator". Scientific Reports. 6 (1): 33187. Bibcode:2016NatSR...633187L. doi:10.1038/srep33187. PMC 5018815. PMID 27615670.
External links
- Fishes of Australia : Scolopsis affinis
- Photos of Scolopsis affinis on Sealife Collection