Geographic divergence in the relationship between Paragobiodon echinocephalus and its obligate coral host |
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| Authors: | J. Belmaker,&dagger &Dagger ,O. Polak,&dagger ,N. Shashar,§ Y. Ziv |
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| Affiliation: | The Departments of Life-Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel; , The H. Steinitz Marine Biology Laboratory, The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences, Eilat 88103, Israel; and The Departments of Life-Sciences, Eilat Campus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel |
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| Abstract: | The redhead goby Paragobiodon echinocephalus lives exclusively within the branching coral Stylophora pistillata . While in the Great Barrier Reef fish occupation rate of large coral is higher than that of small coral, an opposite pattern exists in the northern Red Sea. It is suggested that this pattern is caused by a limitation on the adult body size of fish in the northern Red Sea. |
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| Keywords: | coral reef goby Great Barrier Reef habitat selection Red Sea |
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