The almost invisible league: crypsis and association between minute fishes and shrimps as a possible defence against visually hunting predators

Camouflage is one of the most widespread defence modes used by substrate-dwelling animals, whereas transparency is generally found in open-water organisms. Both these defence types are regarded as effective against visually guided predators. We present here three assemblages of similarly-sized fresh...

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Main Authors: Lucélia Nobre Carvalho, Jansen Zuanon, Ivan Sazima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252006000200008&lng=en&tlng=en