However, the presence of a predator olfactory cue often provides additional information for prey species (Brown 2003), and the absence of predator odors in our experiment suggest that any responses to damage-released cues by these gobies may be conservative in the broader ecological context. Moreover, the rate at which the damage-release cue is delivered, potentially a function of injury versus mortality, might also impact the response of conspecifics and heterospecifics.