TERM: Description of glossary term.

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contacting

Context: Behavior.

When a baby fish, a fry, swims to a parent and seemingly bumps into its side. Done to take food from the surface of the parent.

Reference

Barlow, George W. 2002. "The Cichlid Fishes (Nature's Grand Experiment in Evolution)". Perseus Publishing. 352. ISBN: 9780738203768 (crc03927) (abstract)