A comparison of lateral line morphology of blue cod and torrentfish: Two sandperches of the family Pinguipedidae

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-131

  Carton, Alexander G ^a   Montgomery, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

dietary competition; nocturnal feeding; prey availability; selection pressure; sensitivity

Indexed keywords

FEEDING ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SELECTION;

CHEIMARRICHTHYS FOSTERI; COLIAS; GADUS MORHUA; PARAPERCIS; PARAPERCIS COLIAS; PINGUIPEDIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4043076435     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000029340.57735.f8     Document Type: Article

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