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Occurrence of Photobacterium leiognathi, as the bait organ symbiont in frogfish Antennarius hispidus

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Title Occurrence of Photobacterium leiognathi, as the bait organ symbiont in frogfish Antennarius hispidus
 
Creator Ramaiah, N
Chandramohan, D
 
Description 210-211
Bait organs of the frogfish Antennarius hispidus, collected from a coralline habitat off Bombay from the depth of about 50 m, were luminescent and revealed the exclusive presence of luminous bacterium Photobacterium leiognathi. Occurrence of P. leiognathi as the bait organ symbiont of A. hispidus is the first report. Being very strong mimics of their surrounding, frogfishes may couple the bacterial bioluminescence originating from their bait organs with that of their camouflaging ability for the purpose of (a) luring smaller prey and (b) evading the attention of aggressive or larger predators. This paper also highlights the scanty distribution of P. leiognathi in the water column of both coastal and offshore environs of the Arabian Sea.
 
Date 2016-12-02T09:18:10Z
2016-12-02T09:18:10Z
1992-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/38100
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.21(3) [September 1992]