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Geographic divergence in the relationship between Paragobiodon echinocephalus and its obligate coral host
Author(s) -
Belmaker J.,
Polak O.,
Shashar N.,
Ziv Y.
Publication year - 2007
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.1095-8649.2007.01619.x
Subject(s) - stylophora pistillata , biology , goby , coral , obligate , coral reef , cnidaria , scleractinia , ecology , reef , coral reef fish , fish <actinopterygii> , fringing reef , fishery
The redhead goby Paragobiodon echinocephalus lives exclusively within the branching coral Stylophora pistillata . While in the Great Barrier Reef fish occupation rate of large coral is higher than that of small coral, an opposite pattern exists in the northern Red Sea. It is suggested that this pattern is caused by a limitation on the adult body size of fish in the northern Red Sea.