Trophic apparatus in cyprinodontiform fishes: Functional specializations for picking and scraping behaviors

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 270, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 645-661

  Patricia Hernandez, L ^a   Gibb, Alice C ^b   Ferry Graham, Lara ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adductor mandibulae; Cyprinodontiformes; Feeding; Premaxillary protrusion

Indexed keywords

ATHERINIFORMES; BELONIFORMES; CYPRINODONTIDAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FUNDULIDAE; PISCES; POECILIA; XIPHOPHORUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; JAW; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 68349135842     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10711     Document Type: Article

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