Frequent visits to various anvils during tool use by the graphic tuskfish  Choerodon graphicus  ( Labridae ) | Zendy

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Frequent visits to various anvils during tool use by the graphic tuskfish Choerodon graphicus ( Labridae )

Author(s) -

Pryor Kimberley J.

Publication year - 2020

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/jfb.14503

Subject(s) - biology , wrasse , fishery , predation , mooring , zoology , oceanography , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , geology

This study investigated tool use by the graphic tuskfish Choerodon graphicus in New Caledonia. Anvils included rocks, a conical shell, flat dead corals and a concrete mooring. Sixteen tool‐use events were observed in 10 h. A tool‐use event often involved more than one anvil (44%). On average, C. graphicus struck prey six times and spent 84 s at an anvil. The only prey items brought to anvils were bivalve and gastropod molluscs. These results provide a foundation for future research on tool use in fishes.

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