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Cleaning by the occasional cleaner Diplodus argenteus (Perciformes: Sparidae) in south Brazil: why so few client species?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2007

João Paulo Krajewski
João Paulo Krajewski
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia, Departamento de Zoologia e Museu de História Natural, CP 6109, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. E-mail: jpaulokra@yahoo.com.br
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Abstract

Here I record the cleaning activity of the occasional cleaner Diplodus argenteus at rocky reefs off southern Brazil. Diplodus argenteus juveniles are referred to as occasional cleaners, but there is no further description of their cleaning activity in the literature. Only two fish species were here recorded as clients, which I hypothesize to be related to a lack of visual attractiveness of D. argenteus cleaning services.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 87 , Issue 4 , August 2007 , pp. 1013 - 1016
Copyright
2007 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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