Correction to 'Lionfish predators use flared fin displays to initiate cooperative hunting'.

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You have accessMoreSectionsView PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Cite this article The Biology Letters Editorial Team 2019Correction to ‘Lionfish predators use flared fin displays to initiate cooperative hunting’Biol. Lett.152019076620190766http://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0766SectionYou have accessCorrectionsCorrection to ‘Lionfish predators use flared fin displays to initiate cooperative hunting’ The Biology Letters Editorial Team Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author The Biology Letters Editorial Team Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Published:06 November 2019https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0766This article corrects the followingResearch ArticleLionfish predators use flared fin displays to initiate cooperative huntinghttps://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0281 Oona M. Lönnstedt, Maud C. O. Ferrari and Douglas P. Chivers volume 10issue 6Biology Letters01 June 2014Biol. Lett. 10, 20140281. (Published online 25 June 2014) (doi:10.1098/rsbl.2014.0281)Following the publication of the article ‘Lionfish predators use flared fin displays to initiate cooperative hunting’ in Biology Letters (Biol. Lett. 10, 20140281. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2014.0281), concerns were raised about the claims of the number of fish used in the study. This led to the journal raising an expression of concern (Biol. Lett.14, 20180032. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0032) while the matter was investigated. The first author, Dr Lönnstedt, clarified the details of how the fish were counted and provided evidence which was reviewed by an independent expert. The expert concluded that based on the evidence available (evidence that the researcher was at the research station, provision of laboratory notebook and photos, and provision of all primary data) that the experiment took place as described. As a result, the journal published a correction (Biol. Lett.14, 20180716. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0716).During the investigation, the author was asked to explain a discrepancy between the number of fish stated to have been used in the study and the number of fish collected. In response, Dr Lönnstedt provided a range of documents including a collage of fish images made by her and this was published alongside the agreed correction. This was published in error, as it does not provide evidence of the number of fish caught. The collage was not used as evidence in the investigation and the independent expert reached a conclusion before having had sight of it.We remain concerned about the ambiguous inclusion of the collage as part of the supplied documentation. However, we are satisfied with the findings of the independent expert that no misconduct was involved in the experimental work or its reporting in the article. Previous ArticleNext Article VIEW FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD PDF FiguresRelatedReferencesDetailsRelated articlesLionfish predators use flared fin displays to initiate cooperative hunting01 June 2014Biology Letters This IssueNovember 2019Volume 15Issue 11 Article InformationDOI:https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0766PubMed:31690209Published by:Royal SocietyOnline ISSN:1744-957XHistory: Published online06/11/2019Published in print29/11/2019 License:© 2019 The Author(s)Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. Citations and impact Subjectsbehaviourecologysystems biology Large datasets are available through Biology Letters' partnership with Dryad