Scolopsis affinis

Scolopsis affinis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes (?)
Family:	Nemipteridae
Genus:	Scolopsis
Species:	S. affinis
Binomial name
	Scolopsis affinis; (Peters, 1877)

Scolopsis affinis, or Peters' monocle bream, is a fish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.^[1]

Fish performs behaviour of mobbing the Bobbit worm. The fish swims to the entrance of the worm's burrow, positions itself nearly vertically face-down above it, and blows sharp jets of water in the Bobbit's direction.^[2]

References[]

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Scolopsis affinis" in FishBase. 6 2015 version.
^ Lachat, Jose; Haag-Wackernagel, Daniel (12 September 2016). "Novel mobbing strategies of a fish population against a sessile annelid predator". Scientific Reports. 6 (1): 33187. Bibcode:2016NatSR...633187L. doi:10.1038/srep33187. PMC 5018815. PMID 27615670.

External links[]

Fishes of Australia : Scolopsis affinis
Photos of Scolopsis affinis on Sealife Collection

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Scolopsis affinis" in FishBase. 6 2015 version.

[2] Lachat, Jose; Haag-Wackernagel, Daniel (12 September 2016). "Novel mobbing strategies of a fish population against a sessile annelid predator". Scientific Reports. 6 (1): 33187. Bibcode:2016NatSR...633187L. doi:10.1038/srep33187. PMC 5018815. PMID 27615670.

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