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Adaptation in the jaws of flatfish (Pleuronectiformes)
Author(s) -
Yazdani G. M.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1969.tb03078.x
Subject(s) - flatfish , biology , homology (biology) , zoology , adaptation (eye) , evolutionary biology , fishery , ecology , genetics , fish <actinopterygii> , gene , neuroscience
The structure and mechanisms of the jaws of 18 species of flatfish have been investigated. Clear adaptations to different modes of feeding were found. The mechanisms of the jaws of Soleidae, Cynoglossidae, and Rhombosoleinae are highly specialized and the representatives of the two latter groups have some interesting jaw muscles of doubtful homology.