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Two new interspecific associations of the hairy blenny Labrisomus nuchipinnis (Teleostei: Labrisomidae) in the South Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

C.L.S. Sampaio ,
P.R. Medeiros ,
M.I. Ilarri ,
A.T. Souza  and
R.G. Grempel
C.L.S. Sampaio
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, 58059-900 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
P.R. Medeiros*
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, 58059-900 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
M.I. Ilarri
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, 58059-900 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
A.T. Souza
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, 58059-900 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
R.G. Grempel
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, 58059-900 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P.R. Medeiros, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, 58059-900 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil email: medeirospr@gmail.com
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Abstract

Associations of the hairy blenny Labrisomus nuchipinnis (Labrisomidae) are described for the first time from different observations made on the coast of Brazil, South Atlantic. The first involved a majid crab cleaning the fish and the second, another fish following closely a foraging hermit crab of the genus Paguristes (Diogenidae).

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following behaviourcleaningreef fishBrazil
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e60
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2007

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