Juvenile cleaner fish can socially learn the consequences of cheating
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14712-3
Abstract: Social learning is often proposed as an important driver of the evolution of human cooperation. In this view, cooperation in other species might be restricted because it mostly relies on individually learned or innate behaviours.… read more here.
Keywords: fish socially; socially learn; learn consequences; cleaner fish ... See more keywords
Cleaner fish are sensitive to what their partners can and cannot see
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DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02584-2
Abstract: Much of human experience is informed by our ability to attribute mental states to others, a capacity known as theory of mind. While evidence for theory of mind in animals to date has largely been… read more here.
Keywords: mind; sensitive partners; partners see; fish sensitive ... See more keywords
Cleaner fish recognize self in a mirror via self-face recognition like humans
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2208420120
Abstract: Significance Some animals have the capacity for mirror self-recognition, but implications for self-awareness remain controversial. Here, we show that cleaner fish, Labroides dimidiatus, likely recognize their own mirror image using a mental image of the… read more here.
Keywords: recognition; cleaner fish; mirror; face ... See more keywords
Reply to Morin: Cleaner fish have a concept of the self
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2303923120
Abstract: We welcome the comments by Morin, who offers a philosopher’s perspective on our research. First, Morin comments on our claim that cleaner fish can have a mental image of the self [“autoscopic image”] (1). Using… read more here.
Keywords: cleaner fish; fish concept; self awareness; image ... See more keywords
Biological market effects predict cleaner fish strategic sophistication
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DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arz111
Abstract: Market-like situations emerge in nature when trading partners exchange goods and services. However, how partner choice option contributes to the expression of social strategic sophistication (i.e., the ability to adjust behavior flexibly given the specifics… read more here.
Keywords: market effects; cleaner fish; sophistication; strategic sophistication ... See more keywords
Sustainable production and use of cleaner fish for the biological control of sea lice: recent advances and current challenges
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DOI: 10.1136/vr.104966
Abstract: Currently, cleaner fish are one of the most widely used sea lice control strategies in Atlantic salmon aquaculture. Two species are currently being farmed in North Atlantic countries, ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) and lumpfish (Cyclopterus… read more here.
Keywords: sea lice; control; biology; cleaner fish ... See more keywords