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Southern stingray ( Dasyatis americana ) feeding on lancelets ( Branchiostoma floridae )
Author(s) -
Stokes M. D.,
Holland N. D.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1992.tb02732.x
Subject(s) - stingray , biology , bay , fishery , zoology , anatomy , oceanography , geology
A southern stingray from the shallow sand flats of Tampa Bay, Florida, had its gut filled almost exclusively with lancelets. The absence of small lancelets from the gut contents indicated a pharyngeal sieving mechanism by the ray.