Feigning death in the Central American cichlid Parachromis friedrichsthalii
Abstract
Feigning death, a hunting strategy in which a healthy individual acts as if it was dead to trick prey into its reach, is reported for a population of the Central American cichlid Parachromis friedrichsthalii. Possible mechanisms leading to the evolution of such a behaviour are discussed.
- Publication:
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Journal of Fish Biology
- Pub Date:
- March 2005
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2005JFBio..66..877T
- Keywords:
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- Cichlidae;
- fish behaviour;
- hunting strategy;
- Lake Malawi;
- Mexico;
- Nimbochromis livingstonii