Observations on the burrowing behaviour of the Dwarf Blaasop,Torquigener flavimaculosus(Osteichthyes: Tetraodontidae) along the coast of Fethiye, Turkey
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2005
Yazarlar: Murat Bilecenoğlu
Zoology in the Middle East, Uluslararası, Scopus, 2005, cilt 35, ss 29-34
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2005.10638100
Özet
A previously unreported burrowing behaviour of the Red Sea migrant fish Torquigener flavimaculosus was observed for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea (Fethiye Bay, Turkey). The burrowing response, preceded by an escape swimming, is explained as an anti-predator adaptation by the species. It left only the eyes and a portion of the back exposed.