Mucus entrapment of particles by a suspension-feeding tilapia (Pisces: Cichlidae)
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Mucus entrapment of particles by a suspension-feeding tilapia (Pisces: Cichlidae)
A miniature fiberoptic endoscope was used to observe the processes of particle encounter and retention inside the buccopharyngeal cavity of suspension-feeding tilapia. Small particles (38 µm to 1.0 mm in diameter) were trapped in strands and aggregates of mucus, which usually slid posteriorly on the ceratobranchials of arches I­IV towards the esophagus while the fish pumped water thro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.199.8.1743