Role of free neuromasts in larval feeding of willow shiner Gnathopogon elongatus caerulescens Teleostei, Cyprinidae

It has been reported that the larvae of willow shiner Gnathopogon elongatus caerulescens have many free neuromasts on their body surface. This study examined the ability of the willow shiner larvae to feed on zooplankton by mechanoreception by the free neuromasts. Feeding experiments using untrea...

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Main Author: Mukai, Yukinori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Japan 2006
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/7716/1/mukai2006_Fisheries_science.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/7716/
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1444-2906.2006.01207.x/abstract
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