Sensory cues and mechanisms involved in the capture of euphausiids by the Australian salmon, Arripis trutta (Bloch & Schneider)
Experiments indicated that the initial detection of euphausiid prey by Arripis trutta is visual with the cues being shape and/or movement. Immediately before capture of prey in midwater, swimming speed of the fish increased from 15 to 33 cm s −1 . The sequence of morphological events during capture...
| Published in: | Journal of Fish Biology |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1983
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1983.tb02929.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.1983.tb02929.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1983.tb02929.x |
| Summary: | Experiments indicated that the initial detection of euphausiid prey by Arripis trutta is visual with the cues being shape and/or movement. Immediately before capture of prey in midwater, swimming speed of the fish increased from 15 to 33 cm s −1 . The sequence of morphological events during capture is similar to that described for suction feeding in other teleosts such as Atlantic salmon Salmo salar . Occasionally prey would be ejected from the mouth after capture by means of a reversal of the mechanism used in suction feeding. |
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