Cranial morphology of the anguilliform clariid Channallabes apus (Günther, 1873) (Teleostei: Siluriformes): Are adaptations related to powerful biting?

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 235-250

  Devaere, Stijn ^a   Adriaens, Dominique ^a   Verraes, Walter ^a   Teugels, Guy T ^b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anguillity; Channallabes apus; Clariidae; Functional morphology; Siluriformes

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0034770427     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836901001303     Document Type: Article

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