A head with a suckermouth: A functional-morphological study of the head of the suckermouth armoured catfish Ancistrus cf. triradiatus (Loricariidae, Siluriformes)

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-66

  Geerinckx, Tom ^a   Brunain, Marleen ^a   Herrel, Anthony ^b   Aerts, Peter ^a,b   Adriaens, Dominique ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Feeding; Function; Morphology; Myology; Osteology; Respiration

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; SUBSTRATE;

ANCISTRUS TRIRADIATUS; BARBUS; LORICARIIDAE; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 34548431190     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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