Broader head, stronger bite: In vivo bite forces in European eel Anguilla anguilla.
J Fish Biol
; 92(1): 268-273, 2018 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-29193066
ABSTRACT
This work examined three different phenotypes of the yellow-eel stage of the European eel Anguilla anguilla, broad-heads, narrow-heads and eels with an intermediate head shape. The aim was to see whether broad-headed A. anguilla, which generally consume harder, larger prey, such as crustaceans and fish, exerted greater bite force than the narrow-headed variant, which mainly consume soft, small prey such as chironomid larvae. It was found that in 99 yellow A. anguilla, in vivo bite force of broad-heads are higher compared with narrow-heads and intermediates.
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Força de Mordida
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Anguilla
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Animals
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En
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J Fish Biol
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Bélgica