Prey capture and accommodation in the sandlance, Limnichthyes fasciatus (Creediidae; Teleostei)

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 247-260

  Pettigrew, J D ^a   Collin, S P ^b   Fritsches, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Cornealis muscle; Feeding behaviour; Teleost eye; Visual optics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHAMAELEONIDAE; CREEDIIDAE; LIMNICHTHYES; LIMNICHTHYES FASCIATUS; SQUAMATA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0034085756     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050425     Document Type: Article

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