FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Comparative Allometric Growth of the Mimetic Ephippid Reef Fishes Chaetodipterus faber and Platax orbicularis BT AF BARROS, Breno SAKAI, Yoichi PEREIRA, Pedro H. C. GASSET, Eric BUCHET, Vincent MAAMAATUAIAHUTAPU, Moana READY, Jonathan S. OLIVEIRA, Yrlan GIARRIZZO, Tommaso VALLINOTO, Marcelo AS 1:1,2;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:4;6:5;7:6;8:1;9:6;10:1,7; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-L3AS;5:PDG-RBE-SG2M-LSPC;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:; C1 Fed Univ Para, Inst Estudos Costeiros, Lab Evolucao, BR-68600000 Braganca, Para, Brazil. Hiroshima Univ, Lab Aquat Resources, Grad Sch Biosphere Sci, Higashihiroshima 7390046, Japan. James Cook Univ, Sch Marine & Trop Biol, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia. IFREMER, Ctr Oceanol Pacific, Unite Ressources Marines Polynesie Francaise, Taravao 98719, Fr Polynesia. Direct Ressources Maritimes & Minieres, Papeete, Fr Polynesia. Fed Univ Para, Lab Biol Pesqueira Manejo Recursos Aquat, BR-66040170 Belem, Para, Brazil. Univ Porto, CIBIO InBIO, Ctr Invest Biodiversidade & Recursos Genet, P-4485661 Vairao, Portugal. C2 UNIV FED PARA, BRAZIL UNIV HIROSHIMA, JAPAN UNIV JAMES COOK, AUSTRALIA IFREMER, FRANCE DIRECT RESSOURCES MARINES & MINIERES, FRANCE UNIV FED PARA, BRAZIL UNIV PORTO, PORTUGAL SI PALAVAS BOUIN SE PDG-RBE-MARBEC-L3AS PDG-RBE-SG2M-LSPC UM MARBEC IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 DOAJ copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 3.057 TC 7 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00302/41370/40561.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00302/41370/40562.csv https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00302/41370/40563.jpg LA English DT Article AB Mimesis is a relatively widespread phenomenon among reef fish, but the ontogenetic processes relevant for mimetic associations in fish are still poorly understood. In the present study, the allometric growth of two allopatric leaf-mimetic species of ephippid fishes, Chaetodipterus faber from the Atlantic and Platax orbicularis from the Indo-Pacific, was analyzed using ten morphological variables. The development of fins was considered owing to the importance of these structures for mimetic behaviors during early life stages. Despite the anatomical and behavioral similarities in both juvenile and adult stages, C. faber and P. orbicularis showed distinct patterns of growth. The overall shape of C. faber transforms from a rounded-shape in mimetic juveniles to a lengthened profile in adults, while in P. orbicularis, juveniles present an oblong profile including dorsal and anal fins, with relative fin size diminishing while the overall profile grows rounder in adults. Although the two species are closely-related, the present results suggest that growth patterns in C. faber and P. orbicularis are different, and are probably independent events in ephippids that have resulted from similar selective processes. PY 2015 PD DEC SO Plos One SN 1932-6203 PU Public Library Science VL 10 IS 12 UT 000365926300108 DI 10.1371/journal.pone.0143838 ID 41370 ER EF