Correction to: Microhabitats of sharknose goby (Elacatinus evelynae) cleaning stations and their links with cleaning behaviour

2002 ◽

Vol 82 (4) ◽

pp. 655-664 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Elizabeth A. Whiteman ◽

Isabelle M. Côté

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Male And Female ◽

Cleaning Behaviour ◽

Cleaning Station ◽

Males And Females ◽

Cleaning Stations

Male and female sharknose cleaning gobies Elacatinus evelynae (Gobiidae) occupying cleaning stations in monogamous pairs differed significantly in cleaning behaviour and diet. Females spent five times longer cleaning, took more bites from clients, engaged in more cleaning events on more client species, and cleaned at a higher rate than males. These behavioural differences tended to be reflected in the diet, with more females ingesting more client-gleaned items than males. These results are consistent with greater energetic requirements for reproduction for females. Male cleaning gobies were frequently absent from cleaning stations, presumably guarding eggs, and their presence at cleaning stations gave rise to foraging conflicts and interactions with females. The cleaning rate of females was significantly lowered by the presence of males, whether cleaning or not, whereas males cleaned for longer and took more bites when females were present. When cleaning the same client, males and females showed priority of first inspection, with females cleaning longer and taking more bites in cleaning events they initiated while males gained similar advantages in client- and male-initiated interactions. Furthermore, females initiated cleaning on larger clients, which may give them a foraging priority on a higher-quality resource since larger clients tend to have more ectoparasites. Finally, from a client's perspective, the cleaning service provided appears better in terms of length of inspection and bites taken when both males and females are at a cleaning station than when a single cleaner is present. However, the foraging differences and interactions between male and female cleaning gobies are of little consequence to clients since the cleaning service provided is simply reapportioned between males and females rather than changed by the interactions between gobies.

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Patterns of cleaning behaviour on coral reef fish by the anemoneshrimpAncylomenes pedersoni

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315411001822 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 92 (7) ◽

pp. 1557-1562 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Lindsay K. Huebner ◽

Nanette E. Chadwick

Keyword(s):

Coral Reef ◽

Reef Fish ◽

Coral Reef Fish ◽

Virgin Islands ◽

Us Virgin Islands ◽

Cleaning Behaviour ◽

Large Groups ◽

Patterns Of Interaction ◽

Cleaning Stations ◽

Fish Clients

Little is known about the cleaning behaviour of shrimps in comparison to that of cleaner fish, and only recently have cleaner shrimps been shown to remove parasites effectively from coral reef fish. Here we describe patterns of cleaning interactions between Pederson shrimpAncylomenes pedersoniand fish clients in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Clients observed here were members of at least 16 fish families, including three previously unreported client families. Most cleans lasted <20 seconds; surgeonfish were cleaned most frequently, but lizardfish and groupers received the longest cleans. The shrimp formed social groups of varying sizes on individuals of the host sea anemoneBartholomea annulata, which served as the centres of their cleaning stations. The number and duration of cleans per station increased with the number of resident shrimp, however most anemones hosted small groups of fewer than four individuals, while larger groups of up to nine individuals were relatively rare. Some client fish chased away other fish and competitively excluded them from anemone stations. We conclude that these shrimp clean a wide diversity of clients, vary their clean duration with fish identity, and clean more when in large groups. In addition, clients in part control these patterns of interaction by interfering with access to these stations by other clients.

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Setting the trap: cleaning behaviour ofCamponotus schmitziants increases long-term capture efficiency of their pitcher plant host,Nepenthes bicalcarata

Functional Ecology ◽

10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01937.x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 11-19 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Daniel G. Thornham ◽

Joanna M. Smith ◽

T. Ulmar Grafe ◽

Walter Federle

Keyword(s):

Capture Efficiency ◽

Plant Host ◽

Pitcher Plant ◽

Cleaning Behaviour

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Relative Importance of Cleaning Behaviour in Centrolabrus Exoletus and other Wrasse at Arrábida, Portugal

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315400036249 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 77 (3) ◽

pp. 891-898 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Miguel Henriques ◽

Vitor C. Almada

Keyword(s):

Reef Fishes ◽

Relative Importance ◽

Cleaner Fish ◽

Cleaning Behaviour ◽

North Eastern ◽

In Captivity ◽

Tropical Reef ◽

Ctenolabrus Rupestris ◽

Labrus Bergylta ◽

Host Fishes

Underwater behavioural observations were conducted to evaluate the relative importance of cleaning behaviour in three species of common north-eastern Atlantic wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae). At the study site, the only cleaner was Centrolabrus exoletus. A total of 12 species was cleaned, with the wrasse, Symphodus melops and Labrus bergylta being the species most frequently cleaned. Neither S. melops nor Ctenolabrus rupestris, known to be cleaners in other sites or in captivity, could be observed cleaning other fishes. Centrolabrus exoletus was found to be a facultative cleaner fish with cleaning acts representing only 7% of the observed feeding acts. In focal observations of host fishes, the incidence of cleaning acts reached a level (11 h-1 per host) similar to that reported for tropical reef fishes and probably reflects the high numbers of cleaners available. Some factors that may affect the origin of the cleaning interactions are discussed.

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Sexual and cleaning behaviour ofLydus trimaculatus Fabricius with remarks on the courtship of the Lyttini (Coleoptera: Meloidae)

Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift ◽

10.1002/mmnd.200310006 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 52 (1) ◽

pp. 131-137 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Federica Turco ◽

Federica Turco

Keyword(s):

Cleaning Behaviour

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A new cleaner species of Elacatinus (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) from the Southwestern Atlantic

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1932.1.3 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1932 (1) ◽

pp. 27-32 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

IVAN SAZIMA ◽

ALFREDO CARVALHO-FILHO ◽

CRISTINA SAZIMA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Distal Portion ◽

Oceanic Islands ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Southwestern Atlantic ◽

Bright Yellow ◽

Fernando De Noronha ◽

Eye Diameter ◽

Blue Line ◽

Cleaning Stations

A new species of cleaner goby, Elacatinus phthirophagus sp. n., is described from Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off northeastern Brazil. It differs from its congeners of the putative “randalli-evelynae” cleaning clade by the following combination of characters: mouth subterminal, pale (bright yellow in life) elliptical spot on dark snout, width of lateral pale (bright yellow in life) stripe almost equal as eye diameter (slightly narrower in live individuals), light purplish sheen (in life) extending laterally from below eye to tail origin, no blue line (in life) from below eye to end of opercular margin, teeth multiserial on the distal portion of both jaws, males with 3 enlarged and recurved teeth on dentary inner row. The new species was recorded at depths ranging from 3 to 18 m and is ubiquitous in the archipelago islets. It tends cleaning stations on coral heads, sponges, and rocky substrata, with up to 15 individuals present in large stations, particularly those on sponges. Elacatinus phthirophagus sp. n. was recorded to clean about 30 species of fish clients, including large carnivores such as the shark Carcharhinus perezi and smaller carnivores such as the grouper Cephalopholis fulva, besides small clients like the planktivorous damselfish Chromis multilineata and the zoobenthivorous butterflyfish Chaetodon ocellatus. The new species increases to three the number of cleaner gobies recorded for Southwestern Atlantic, one from the coast and two from oceanic islands.

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