The pharyngeal jaw apparatus of the Cichlidae and Pomacentridae: Function in feeding and sound production

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 433-444

  Rice, Aaron N ^a,b,c   Lobel, Phillip S ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioacoustics; Communication; Courtship; Labroidei; Reproductive behavior; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOACOUSTICS; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FEEDING MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CICHLIDAE; LABROIDEI; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 8644275475     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-004-8794-0     Document Type: Review

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