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‘Following the leader’: first record of a species from the genus Lutjanus acting as a follower of an octopus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2011

Pedro Henrique Cipresso Pereira ,
Rodrigo Lima Guerra de Moraes ,
João Lucas Leão Feitosa  and
Beatrice Padovani Ferreira
Pedro Henrique Cipresso Pereira*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Oceanografia, CTG, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Avenida Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, 50670-901, Brazil
Rodrigo Lima Guerra de Moraes
Affiliation:
Departamento de Oceanografia, CTG, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Avenida Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, 50670-901, Brazil
João Lucas Leão Feitosa
Affiliation:
Departamento de Oceanografia, CTG, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Avenida Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, 50670-901, Brazil
Beatrice Padovani Ferreira
Affiliation:
Departamento de Oceanografia, CTG, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Avenida Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, 50670-901, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P.H.C. Pereira, Departamento de Oceanografia, CTG, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Avenida Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, 50670-901, Brazil email: pedrohcp2@yahoo.com.br
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Abstract

This is the first record of an octopus (Octopus insularis) being followed by a Lutjanus species (Lutjanus jocu). The interaction was observed within the limits of the Fernando de Noronha Marine National Park, north-western Brazil and lasted for approximately 30 minutes, covering a distance of 40 metres. Similar food preferences and benthic foraging habits between the species appear to have motivated the occurrence of this behaviour.

Keywords

Lutjanus jocuOctopus insularisFernando de Noronhafeeding associationforaging behaviour
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e88
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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