
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Booth, DJ 
A1  - Pyke, GH 
A1  - Lanzing, WJR 
T1  - Prey detection by the blue-eye <I>Pseudomugil signifer</I> Kner (Atherinidae): analysis of field behaviour by controlled laboratory experiments
JF  - Marine and Freshwater Research
JO  - Mar. Freshwater Res.
Y1  - 1985
VL  - 36
IS  - 5
SP  - 691
EP  - 699
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9850691 
N2  - Observations in a brackish creek in eastern Australia indicate that the blue-eye, P. signifer, includes various kinds of insects in its diet in the proportions encountered, provided that they are below a maximum size dictated by the mouth-gape of the fish. Encounter rates are affected by prey body size and water turbidity, but not by hunger level of the fish. Fish fed on insects at rates varying between 0.04 and 0.08 mg s-1. 
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