Dynamic colour change as a signalling tool in bluelined goatfish (Upeneicthtys lineatus).

ABSTRACT: Many animal species can rapidly change their body colouration and patterning, but often the ecological drivers of such changes are unknown. Here, we explored dynamic colour change in the bluelined goatfish, Upeneichthys lineatus, a temperate marine teleost species. Upeneichthus lineatus can change in a matter of seconds, from a uniform white colour to display prominent, vertical, dark red stripes. Initial observations suggested that rapid colour change in U. lineatus was associated with feeding and may act as a signal to both conspecifics and heterospecifics that are frequently observed to follow feeding goatfish. Field observations of the colour and behaviour of individual U. lineatus were collected to (1) document the repertoire of behaviours that U. lineat

SUBMITTER: Tosetto L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10450840 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature