In their natural habitats, #zebrafish often #shoal with co-occurring species. Ishani Mukherjee and Anuradha Bhat reveal potential drivers towards this mixed-species shoaling:

https://journals.biologists.com/bio/article/12/1/bio059529/286699/What-drives-mixed-species-shoaling-among-wild

“We found that zebrafish might group with other species for benefits related to #predator avoidance and access to food”

Check out this interview with Ishani to find out more about the story behind the paper:

https://journals.biologists.com/bio/article/12/1/bio059816/286724/First-person-Ishani-Mukherjee

#Fish #Shoaling #Predators #Science #BiologyOpen #Biology