Do flatfish feed like other fishes? A comparative study of percomorph prey-capture kinematics

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2841-2859

  Gibb, Alice C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Feeding behavior; Flatfish; Kinematics; Percomorpha; Pleuronectiformes; Prey capture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031469375     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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