Rabbitfish and Surgeonfish Feeding Behaviors from High-Speed Video

207 feeding sequences from high-speed filming of 7 rabbitfish species, 7 surgeonfish species, and Zanclidae. Ten distinct feeding behaviors were identified and scored for presence or absence. The dataset was authored by Ava Luenenborg and last updated on April 13, 2026.

Use Cases

• Classify fish feeding behaviors based on the 10 identified behavioral types.
• Compare feeding strategies between snouted and non-snouted rabbitfish based on the FG (snout length) variable.
• Analyze behavioral diversity across 15 species of reef fish from the Siganidae and Acanthuridae families.

Strengths

• Contains 207 scored feeding sequences.
• Covers 15 distinct fish species across two families and one monotypic family.
• Explicitly identifies and scores 10 different feeding behaviors.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The 26.0 KB file size indicates a very limited scope of data.

Provenance

Source

Ava Luenenborg via figshare.

Collection Method

High-speed filming of fish, with behaviors manually identified and scored.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 17:55:21; freshness should be verified.