| dactylogyrids (platyhelminthes: monogenoidea) parasitizing butterfly fishes (teleostei: chaetodontidae) from the coral reefs of palau, moorea, wallis, new caledonia, and australia: species of euryhaliotrematoides n. gen. and aliatrema n. gen. | seven species of euryhaliotrematoides n. gen. and 1 species of aliatrema n. gen. (monogenoidea; dactylogyridae) are described and reported from the gills of 15 species of butterfly fishes (chaetodontidae) from the coral reefs of moorea (french polynesia), wallis (wallis and futuna), heron and lizard (australia), palau (micronesia), and new caledonia: aliatrema cribbi n. sp. from chaetodon auriga, chaetodon lunula, chaetodon trifasciatus, chaetodon ulietensis, chaetodon vagabundus, forcipiger fla ... | 2004 | 15165056 |
| biochemical mechanisms for geographical adaptations to novel toxin exposures in butterflyfish. | some species of butterflyfish have had preyed upon corals for millions of years, yet the mechanism of butterflyfish specialized coral feeding strategy remains poorly understood. certain butterflyfish have the ability to feed on allelochemically rich soft corals, e.g. sinularia maxima. cytochrome p450 (cyp) is the predominant enzyme system responsible for the detoxification of dietary allelochemicals. cyp2-like and cyp3a-like content have been associated with butterflyfish that preferentially con ... | 2016 | 27136924 |
| hard coral (porites lobata) extracts and homarine on cytochrome p450 expression in hawaiian butterflyfishes with different feeding strategies. | dietary specialists tend to be less susceptible to the effects of chemical defenses produced by their prey compared to generalist predators that feed upon a broader range of prey species. while many researchers have investigated the ability of insects to detoxify dietary allelochemicals, little research has been conducted in marine ecosystems. we investigated metabolic detoxification pathways in three species of butterflyfishes: the hard coral specialist feeder, chaetodon multicinctus, and two g ... | 2016 | 26297807 |
| sound pressure enhances the hearing sensitivity of chaetodon butterflyfishes on noisy coral reefs. | butterflyfishes are conspicuous members of coral reefs that communicate with acoustic signals during social interactions with mates and other conspecifics. members of the genus chaetodon have a laterophysic connection (lc) - a unique association of anterior swim bladder horns and the cranial lateral line - but the action of the lc system on auditory sensitivity is unexplored. here, we show in baseline auditory evoked potential threshold experiments that forcipiger flavissimus (which lacks swim b ... | 2015 | 25722003 |
| biogeography of tropical indo-west pacific parasites: a cryptic species of transversotrema and evidence for rarity of transversotrematidae (trematoda) in french polynesia. | we sought transversotrematid trematodes from french polynesian fishes by examining 304 individual scaled fishes of 53 species from seven families known to harbour the family elsewhere. a single species was found at two locations in the tuamotus archipelago on two species of chaetodontidae (chaetodon auriga and chaetodon ephippium) and one species of lutjanidae (lutjanus gibbus). the species closely resembles transversotrema borboleta hunter & cribb, 2012 from chaetodontids and lutjanids of the n ... | 2014 | 24291604 |
| specialist corallivores dominate butterflyfish assemblages in coral-dominated reef habitats. | this study examined the dietary habits and functional composition of butterflyfishes in the chagos archipelago, central indian ocean. eighteen species of butterflyfishes were recorded in chagos, including six obligate corallivores (chaetodon bennetti, chaetodon guttatissimus, chaetodon meyeri, chaetodon trifascialis, chaetodon trifasciatus and chaetodon zanzibarensis), five facultative corallivores (chaetodon auriga, chaetodon falcula, chaetodon interruptus, chaetodon kleinii and chaetodon madag ... | 2013 | 23557298 |
| a new species of aponurus looss, 1907 (digenea: lecithasteridae) in butterflyfishes (perciformes: chaetodontidae) from new caledonia. | aponurus chelebesoi n. sp. is described from chaetodon auriga, c. citrinellus, c. ephippium, c. flavirostris, c. lineolatus, c. melannotus, c. mertensii, c. pelewensis, c. lunulatus, c. vagabundus, coradion altivelis, forcipiger flavissimus, heniochus acminatus, h. chrysostomus and h. monoceros from the southern coast of new caledonia. it is distinguished from most species in the genera aponurus (synonym brachadena) and lecithophyllum by its claviform (as opposed to oval to subglobular) vitellin ... | 2000 | 10845650 |
| cleaning symbiosis provides a positive reinforcer for fish. | chaetodon auriga, a conun7won marine fish in hawaii, can be conditioned by presentation of a moving model of a cleaner fish as a positive reinforcement on an instrumental schedule. reinforcement is probably through tactile stimulation and might help to shape the response of fish to cleaners. tactile stimulilation night serve as a valuable reinforcer in studies of fish learning. | 1974 | 17791444 |