Deglutition in Chauliodus


Illustration of main movements of the anterior part of the body and the head of Chauliodus when it catches and swallows large prey. Taken from The Feeding Mechanisms of a Deep Sea Fish by , 1953.


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Keywords: actinopterygii, animal, anterior, barbeled, bony, chauliodus, deep, deglutition, dragonfish, feeding, finned, fish, fishes, front, loosejaw, osteichthyes, ray, ray-finned, sea, stareater, stomiidae, stomiiform, stomiiformes, tchernavin, view, viperfish