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Fish are capable of social recognition and multiple sensory cues mediate the recognition mechanisms. This has been comprehensively studied for juvenile and adult freshwater species. However, the recognition ability and mechanisms intervening during the larval phase of marine species are yet poorly understood. Fish larvae are capable of discriminating conspecifics from heterospecifics based on chemical and\/or visual cues, but whether this recognition occurs at finer scales, such as discerning among conspecifics of different reefs, is yet understudied. Here, we tested the hypothesis that larvae of a marine fish species, the sand smelt (Atherina presbyter Cuvier, 1829), are able to recognise and associate with conspecifics of their natal reef versus conspecifics of a non-natal reef based on three sensory modalities\u2014chemical, visual, and chemical and visual simultaneously. Results do not support our hypothesis, but still provide evidence of group cohesion and indicate large differences in the relative importance of the different senses when associating with conspecifics, with visual cues playing a more important role than chemical cues alone.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/oceans2040038","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,28]],"date-time":"2021-09-28T21:39:29Z","timestamp":1632865169000},"page":"675-687","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Do Sand Smelt (Atherina presbyter Cuvier, 1829) Larvae Discriminate among Conspecifics Using Different Sensory Cues?"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"2","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5628-7408","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Patr\u00edcia","family":"Vicente","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"MARE\u2014Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ISPA, Instituto Universit\u00e1rio, Rua Jardim do Tabaco 34, 1149-041 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7969-3177","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ana M.","family":"Faria","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MARE\u2014Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ISPA, Instituto Universit\u00e1rio, Rua Jardim do Tabaco 34, 1149-041 Lisboa, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Ward, A., and Webster, M.S. 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