Axial morphology and 3D neurocranial kinematics in suction-feeding fishes

Jimenez, YE; Camp, AL; Grindall, JD; Brainerd, EL

Jimenez, YE (reprint author), Brown Univ, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, 80 Waterman St, Providence, RI 02912 USA.; Jimenez, YE (reprint author), Univ Washington, Friday Harbor Labs, 620 Univ Rd, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 USA.

BIOLOGY OPEN, 2018; 7 (9):

Abstract

Many suction-feeding fish use neurocranial elevation to expand the buccal cavity for suction feeding, a motion necessarily accompanied by the dorsal f......

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