Preface x
Introduction 1
1 The Associations between Fishes and Luminescent Bacteria
6
Luminescent Bacteria 6
Symbiotic Luminescent Bacteria in Fish Light Organs 8
Flashlight Fishes 11
Taxonomy and Distribution 11
The Light Organs 13
The Eye and the Light Organ 17
Reproduction, Larval and Light Organ Development 18
The Photophobic Response 20
The Use of Light by Flashlight Fishes 21
School Formation 22
Territorial Defense 22
Sexual Signaling 22
Deep Sea Ceratioid Anglerfishes 24
Structure, Diversity and Distribution 24
Reproductive Strategies 25
Obligatory Sexual Parasitism 26
Temporary Associations 28
Facultative Sexual Parasitism 29
Light Organ Structure and Development: Light and the Mechanisms
Controlling its Emission 29
The Use of Lures by Anglerfishes 34
Ponyfishes 37
Structure, Distribution and Taxonomy 37
The Light Organ System (LOS) and Diversity of the Generated
Light Patterns 38
Disruptive Illumination 40
Discrete Projected Luminescence (DPL) 41
Ventral Body Flash 41
Opercular Flash 42
Buccal Luminescence 42
Sex-Specific Signaling 43
Inception of the Association between Luminescent Bacteria and
Ponyfishes 43
Sexual Dimorphism of the LOS, Sex-Specific Signaling and the
Role of Sexual
Selection in the Evolution of Leiognathid Fishes 44
Specificity of the Partnerships between Luminescent Bacteria and
Fishes 47
Optimization of the Benefits to Fishes from their Association
with Bacteria 48
The Evolution of the Partnerships between Fishes and Luminescent
Bacteria 49
References 52
2 The Associations between Fishes and Sponges 58
Sponges 58
Predator Deterrence by Sponges 59
Multiple Species Assemblages in Sponges 61
Obligatory Fish Symbionts and Adaptations for Living in
Association with Sponges 62
Nutrition, Reproduction and Sponge Occupation by Obligatory
Symbiotic Fishes 68
Partner Specificity and Sponge Sharing by Obligatory Symbiotic
Fishes 69
Evolution of the Partnership Between Obligatory Fish Symbionts
and Sponges 70
Sponges as Living Incubators of Fish Eggs 72
Facultative Partnerships Between Fishes and Sponges 74
References 75
3 The Associations between Fishes and Anthozoans 79
Sea Anemones 79
The Stinging Cells and their Release Mechanism 80
Obligatory Associations with Sea Anemones of Fishes of the
Genera Amphiprion and Premnas 81
The Taxonomy, Distribution and Ecology of Host Sea Anemones and
their Associated Fishes 81
The Protection of Anemone Fishes from Sea Anemones 86
Recognition, Attraction to and Selection of Sea Anemones by
Anemone Fishes 93
Partner Specificity 104
Host Preference 106
Competitive Interactions 106
Stochastic Processes 109
Habitat Preference 109
Geographical Overlap 109
Protection from Sea Anemones 109
Species Coexistence 110
Adaptations of Anemone Fishes for Living with Sea Anemones
111
Protandric Sex Reversal 111
Monogamy and Mate Recognition 114
Step-fathering 118
Social Control of Growth and the Tolerance of Nonbreeders by the
Breeders 118
Fish Territoriality, Aggression and the Sea Anemone 121
Limited Larval Dispersal and Natal Recruitment 124
Benefits and Costs to Anemone Fishes and Sea Anemones from being
Associated and their Short-term Mutual Impacts 128
The Evolution of the Anemone Fish?Sea Anemone Partnership
134
The Facultative Associations Between Fishes and Sea Anemones
135
Protection from Sea Anemones 140
Partner Specificity 141
Settlement and Recruitment of D. trimaculatus to Sea Anemones
142
The Sharing of Sea Anemones with Anemone Fishes 143
Benefits and Costs to Facultative Fish Partners and Sea Anemones
144
The Associations Between Fishes and Scleractinian Corals 145
Scleractinian Corals 145
Microhabitat Selection by Coral Dwelling Fishes 146
Attraction of Pomacentrid Fishes to Corals 146
Attraction of Pomacentrids to Corals Inhabited by Conspecifics
150
Coral Occupation, Competiton and Coexistence of Coral dwelling
Gobies 153
Adaptations to Habitat by Coral Dwelling Gobies 157
Small Size and Morphology 157
Noxious Skin 158
Hypoxia Tolerance and Air Breathing 158
Bidirectional Sex Reversal 159
Monogamy 161
Social Control of Growth 162
Multiple Species Assemblages Involving Coral Dwelling Gobies and
Crustaceans 164
Benefits and Costs to Fishes and Corals for being Associated
169
Benefits to Fishes 169
Costs to Fishes 173
Benefits to Corals 177
Costs to Corals 180
Social Structure and Mating System Evolution in Coral Dwelling
Damselfishes of the genus Dascyllus 181
References 186
4 The Associations between Fishes and Siphonophores
202
Siphonophores 202
Physalia physalis ?the Portuguese Man-of-War 203
Fishes Associated with Siphonophores other than Physalia
physalis 204
Fishes Associated with Physalia physalis 207
References 209
5 The Associations between Fishes and Scyphozoan Medusae
212
Scyphozoan medusae 212
Predation on Scyphozoan Medusae and their Structural and
Behavioral Antipredator Defenses 214
Fishes Associated with Scyphozoan Medusae 215
The Protection of Fishes from Scyphozoan Medusae 217
Recognition and Attraction to Scyphozoan Medusae by Associated
Fishes 217
Partner Specificity, Duration of the Medusa?Fish Bond and
the Effects of the Medusae Size on the Associated Fishes 219
Benefits and Costs to Fishes and Medusae from being Associated
221
The Effects of Medusae on Fish Recruitment 225
The Association of Fishes with Floating Objects and the
Fish?Medusa Partnership 226
References 227
6 The Associations between Fishes and Molluscs 230
The Association between Fishes and Cephalopods 230
Cephalopods 230
Octopus Dens, Foraging and Antipredatory Behavior 231
Scavenging Fishes Associated with Octopus Dens 233
Fishes Associated with Foraging Octopuses 234
Octopuses and Cleaning Symbiosis 238
Transport Associations between Octopuses and Fishes 239
Fishes Associated with Squid Schools 239
The Association between Fishes and Gastropods 241
Gastropods 241
Predation on Conchs, Antipredatory Strategies and Foraging in
Conchs 241
The Association between Cardinal Fishes and Conchs 242
The Association between Nudibranchs and Gobiid Fishes 245
The Association between a Pearlfish and an Opisthobranch
Gastropod 246
The Association between Fishes and Bivalves 246
Bivalves 246
The Glochidia Larvae of Freshwater Mussels and their Host Fishes
247
Bitterlings and their Freshwater Mussel Hosts 248
Attraction of the European Bitterling to Mussels and Choice of
Oviposition Sites 250
Adaptations of Bitterling for Development Inside Freshwater
Mussels 252
Male Reproductive Behavior and the Mussel 254
Female Reproductive Behavior and the Mussel 257
Host Utilization by Sympatric Bitterling Species 260
Costs and Benefits for the Mussel and Possible Coevolution of
the
Bitterling?Mussel Partnership 263
Pearl Fishes Associated with Bivalves 265
The Association of Snailfish and Red Hake with Sea Scallops
265
References 269
7 The Associations between Fishes and Crustaceans 276
The Associations between Fishes and Cleaner Shrimps 276
Cleaning Symbiosis and Shrimp 276
Taxonomy, Morphology, Coloration and Distribution of Cleaner
Shrimp 276
Cleaner Shrimp Activity 287
Associations between Cleaner Shrimp and Sea Anemones 288
Communication between Fishes and Cleaner Shrimp 292
Removal of Parasites versus Mucus by Cleaner Shrimp 294
Costs and Benefits for Cleaner Shrimp and Fish Clients and the
Proximate Mechanisms for Cleaning 296
The Evolution of the Cleaner Shrimp?Fish Partnership
298
Feeding associations between fishes and crustaceans 299
Mixed Species Schools of Fishes and Crustaceans 300
Liparid Fishes Associated with Lithodid Crabs 301
The Associations between Fishes and Burrowing Brachyuran Crabs
303
Gobiid Fishes Associated with Burrowing Thalassinid Shrimp
305
Thalassinid Shrimp and their Burrows 305
The Facultative Association of Clevelandia ios with Callianassa
californiensis and Upogebia pugettensis 307
The Obligatory Association of the Blind Goby Typhlogobius
californiensis with Callianassa affinis 311
The Obligatory Association of Austrolethops wardi with Neaxius
acanthus 313
The Obligatory Association of Didogobius amicuscardis with
Axiopsis serratifrons 314
Gobiid Fishes Associated with Burrowing Alpheid Shrimps 316
Systematics of Gobies and Shrimps 316
Biogeography 318
Diet and Feeding Behavior 319
Habitat Specificity 322
Population Structure and Dynamics 324
Burrow Structure, Construction and Dynamics 326
Activity Rhythms 330
Aggressive Behavior and Territoriality of Goby and Shrimp
334
Reproduction of Goby and Shrimp 336
Interspecific Communication 338
Communication under Natural Conditions in Indo-Pacific
Partnerships 338
Warning Signal Generation by Indo-Pacific Gobies in Response
to
Predators and Models of Predators 340
Sequence and Information Analyses in Indo-Pacific Partnerships
342
Film Analysis of the Communication between the Goby
Amblyeleotris steinitzi and the Shrimp Alpheus purpurilenticularis
344
Communication between Gobies and Shrimp in the Western Atlantic
347
Partner Specificity 349
Field Observations 349
Laboratory Experiments 350
The Mechanism Regulating Specificity 352
Goby?Shrimp Phylogeography 353
Costs and Benefits for Goby and Shrimp 357
Evolution 358
References 360
8 The Associations between Fishes and Echinoderms 371
The Association between Fishes and Sea Urchins 371
Sea Urchins 371
Sea Urchin Structural Defenses, Predation by Fishes and
Antipredatory Strategies 371
Associated Fishes, their Size, Coloration and Sea Urchin Hosts
373
The Attraction of Associated Fishes to Sea Urchins 386
Benefits and Costs of the Fish?Sea Urchin Partnership
388
Partner Specificity in the Fish?Sea Urchin Association
390
The Evolution of the Fish?Sea Urchin Partnership 390
Mimicry of Sea Urchins by Fishes 391
The Association between Fishes and Crinoids 392
Crinoids 392
Predation on Crinoids by Fishes and Antipredatory Strategies of
Feather Stars and Sea Lilies 393
Multiple Species Assemblages in Crinoids 394
Associated Fishes and Adaptations for Living with Crinoids
395
Attraction of Associated Fishes to Crinoids and Partner
Specificity 398
Benefits and Costs of the Fish?Crinoid Partnership 398
Scarcity of Knowledge 398
The Association between Fishes and Sea Cucumbers 399
Sea Cucumbers 399
Predation on Sea Cucumbers by Fishes and their Structural
and
Behavioral Antipredatory Defenses 400
Fishes Associated with Sea Cucumbers and their Life Cycles
401
Host Location, Penetration and Occupation by Pearlfishes 405
Pearlfish Nutrition 406
Pearlfish Reproductive Biology 408
Ecology and Partner Specificity of Pearlfish?Holothurian
Associations 410
Acoustic Communication in Pearlfishes 414
Morphological and Physiological Adaptations to Inquilism 415
Benefits and Costs of the Pearlfish?Sea Cucumber
Partnership 417
The Evolution of the Partnership between Pearlfishes and their
Hosts 417
The Association between Fishes and Sea Stars 418
Sea Stars 418
Sea Star Structural and Behavioral Antipredatory Defenses
419
Feeding Associations between Sea Stars and Fishes 420
Cardinal Fishes Sheltering among Sea Star Spines 421
Pearlfishes Associated with Sea Stars 421
References 423
Species Index 431
Subject Index 443
