Homing is not for everyone: displaced cardinalfish find a new place to live.

@article{Rueger2016HomingIN,
  title={Homing is not for everyone: displaced cardinalfish find a new place to live.},
  author={Theresa Rueger and Naomi M. Gardiner and G. P. Jones},
  journal={Journal of fish biology},
  year={2016},
  volume={89 4},
  pages={
          2182-2188
        }
}
It was tested whether the pajama cardinalfish Sphaeramia nematoptera (Apogonidae) could home by displacing individuals up to 250 m within and among isolated reefs. Contrary to expectations, only two of 37 (5·4%) displaced S. nematoptera returned home and another 16 (43·2%) were found to have joined other social groups and did not home after 26 months of observations; while over the same period, 94% of control S. nematoptera remained associated with home corals, demonstrating strong site… 
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