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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, IR
Needlefishes (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 Biology

Volume

88

Pagination

727-734

ISSN

0022-1112

Department/School

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Place of publication

9600 Garsington Rd, Oxford, England, Oxon, Ox4 2Dg

Rights statement

© 2015 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles

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  • Restricted

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Marine biodiversity

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