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. Dermogenys collettei have been shown to exhibit shoaling behavior. However, contrary to predictions, they exhibited this behavior in low predation scenarios, forest stream habitats in low predation, and more open stream habitats. They did not exhibit shoaling when faced with immediate predation risk. Their behavior suggests that adaptive responses to immediate predation risk are absent.

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collettei Fish described in 2001 {{Beloniformes-stub