Cleaning in pairs enhances honesty in male cleaning gobies

Soares, Marta C.; Bshary, Redouan; Côté, Isabelle M.

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Cleaning in pairs enhances honesty in male cleaning gobies

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dc.contributor.author	Soares, Marta C.
dc.contributor.author	Bshary, Redouan
dc.contributor.author	Côté, Isabelle M.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-12-19T17:06:17Z
dc.date.available	2019-12-19T17:06:17Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.description.abstract	A recent game theoretic model akin to an iterated prisoner’s dilemma explored situations in which 2 individuals (the service providers) interact simultaneously with the same service recipient (the client). If providing a dishonest service pays, then each service provider may be tempted to cheat before its partner, even if cheating causes the client’s departure; however, a theoretical cooperative solution also exists where both partners should reduce cheating rates. This prediction is supported by indirect measures of cheating (i.e., inferred from client responses) by pairs of Indo-Pacific bluestreak cleaner wrasses Labroides dimidiatus. Here, we examine how inspecting in pairs affects service quality in Caribbean cleaning gobies Elacatinus spp. We measured dishonesty directly by examining the stomach contents of solitary and paired individuals and calculating the ratio of scales to ectoparasites ingested. We found that the propensity to cheat of females and males differed: females always cleaned relatively honestly, whereas males cheated less when cleaning in pairs than when cleaning alone. However, overall, the cleaning service of single and paired individuals was similar. Our results confirm that cleaners cooperate when cleaning in pairs; however, our findings differ from the specific predictions of the model and the observations on L. dimidiatus. The differences may be due to differences in mating systems and cleaner–client interactions between the 2 cleaner fish species	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Behavioral ecology, 20(6), 1343-1347 Doi: 10.1093/beheco/arp138	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.1093/beheco/arp138	pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn	14657279
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/7302
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Oxford University Press	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Cooperation	pt_PT
dc.subject	Elacatinus spp	pt_PT
dc.subject	Honesty	pt_PT
dc.subject	iterated prisoners	pt_PT
dc.subject	Dilemma	pt_PT
dc.subject	Singles versus pairs	pt_PT
dc.title	Cleaning in pairs enhances honesty in male cleaning gobies	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.conferencePlace	United Kingdom	pt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage	1347	pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue	6	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	1343	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Behavioral Ecology	pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume	20	pt_PT
person.familyName	Bshary
person.givenName	Redouan
person.identifier.orcid	0000-0001-7198-8472
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rcaap.type	article	pt_PT
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