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Shoaling and schooling

In biology, any group of fish that stay together for social reasons are shoaling, and if the group is swimming in the same direction in a coordinated manner, they are schooling. In common usage, the terms are sometimes used rather loosely. About one quarter of fish species shoal all their lives, and about one half shoal for part of their lives.

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Social interaction

Foraging advantages

Reproductive advantages

Hydrodynamic efficiency

Predator avoidance

Predator countermeasures

How fish school

Describing shoal structure

Modelling school behaviour

Mapping the formation of schools

Leadership and decision-making

Shoal choice

Commercial fishing

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Shoaling and schooling

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Shoaling and schooling

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Shoaling and schooling → Before, Predators, Sailfish, Spinner, Swordfish, The, They, Thresher, Threshers

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menhadeninstance offilter-feeding fish0.80text
dolphinsinstance ofCetaceans0.80text
porpoisesinstance ofCetaceans0.80text
whalesinstance ofCetaceans0.80text
operate in organised social groups called podsinstance ofCetaceans0.80text
these may be important because forage fishinstance ofWide triangular journeys0.80text
when feedinginstance ofWide triangular journeys0.80text
cannot distinguish their own offspringinstance ofWide triangular journeys0.80text

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