Why the long face? A comparative study of feeding kinematics of two pipefishes with different snout lengths

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1786-1798

  van Wassenbergh, S ^a   Roos, G ^a   Aerts, P ^a,b   Herrel, A ^c   Adriaens, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Pivot feeding; Prey capture; Syngnathidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; MOUTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOUTH; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SMEGMAMORPHA;

DORYRHAMPHUS DACTYLIOPHORUS; DORYRHAMPHUS MELANOPLEURA; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHINAE;

EID: 79958262109     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02991.x     Document Type: Article

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