Pomadasys ramosus

juvenile Pomadasys ramosus (Haemulidae) closely resemble, and behave like, their presumed venomous model, juvenile Oligoplites palometa (Carangidae), a species with venom glands in its dorsal and anal spines. A summary of 24 published examples of Batesian mimicry in marine fishes shows that most species (83. More

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