Extensive jaw mobility in suckermouth armored catfishes (Loricariidae): A morphological and kinematic analysis of substrate scraping mode of feeding

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-62

  Adriaens, Dominique ^a   Geerinckx, Tom ^a   Vlassenbroeck, Jelle ^a   Van Hoorebeke, Luc ^a   Herrel, Anthony ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING MECHANISM; FINFISH; MORPHOLOGY; MOVEMENT; SPECIALIZATION; SUBSTRATE;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CATFISH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; JAW; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATFISHES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; LORICARIIDAE; PTERYGOPLICHTHYS; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 58149264149     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/594378     Document Type: Conference Paper

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