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Title: Nuclear Foraging. Egypt
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An example of nuclear foraging, where a group of species hunt together. The moray eel (Gymnothorax javanicus) is the catalyst, creating feeding opportunities for the Napoleon wrasse (giant humphead wrasse: Cheilinus undulatus) and bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus) by flushing fish out as it moves through the reef. The other fish often seem to be pestering the eel to keep it moving, thus creating them more feeding opportunities. This is a very commonly observed behaviour in this location. Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea
- bluefin trevally: Caranx melampygus
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- coral reef
- eel
- Egypt
- Fishes
- giant moray: Gymnothorax javanicus
- Jacks: Carangidae
- Labridae
- Marine Life
- Moray Eels: Morays: Muraenidae
- Napoleon wrasse: giant humphead wrasse: Cheilinus undulatus
- Ras Mohammed National Park
- Red Sea
- Sinai
- sub-tropical
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