Temperature effects on first-year growth of cultured oyster toadfish, Opsanus tau.

occurred at 1.5 to 2.0 cm (Fig. 1). Strike success was similar when compared to prey number remaining, indicating that earlier predation events did not influence predation success. Juvenile toadfish are effective short-range ambush predators. At strike distances between 0 and 1.5 cm they strike successfully 76.2% of the time. But between 1.5 and 2.0 cm, strike success is mixed, and it continues to decline with distance. Future experiments will examine the efficacy of prestrike orientation on predation success. We thank L. C. Rome, S. M. Highstein, W. Mebane, and J. 1.