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Feigning death in the Central American cichlid Parachromis friedrichsthalii
Author(s) -
Tobler M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00648.x
Subject(s) - cichlid , biology , predation , population , zoology , ecology , demography , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , sociology
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.