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Ballistic Beloniformes attacking through Snell’s Window
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posted on 2023-05-18, 14:16 authored by Ryan DayRyan Day, Mueller, F, Carseldine, L, Meyers-Cherry, N, Tibbets, IRNeedlefishes (Beloniformes) were observed employing a range of stalking and attacking behaviours to attack schools of bait fishes ranging from the use of tactics common to predatory fishes to a novel behaviour: the use of leaping, aerial attacks. These aerial attacks are suggested to serve two purposes: to extend the attack range of the needlefishes and to reduce their prey’s potential for evasion. Furthermore, a third purpose is hypothesized that the needlefishes are taking advantage of Snell’s Window, an optical effect which may mask their approach to their prey.
History
Publication title
Journal of Fish BiologyVolume
88Pagination
727-734ISSN
0022-1112Department/School
Institute for Marine and Antarctic StudiesPublisher
Blackwell Publishing LtdPlace of publication
9600 Garsington Rd, Oxford, England, Oxon, Ox4 2DgRights statement
© 2015 The Fisheries Society of the British IslesRepository Status
- Restricted