Morphofunctional analysis of the feeding apparatus in four pomacentridae species: Dascyllus aruanus, chromis retrofasciata, chrysiptera biocellata and C. unimaculata
Gluckmann, Isabelle; Vandewalle, Pierre
1998 • In Italian Journal of Zoology, 65 (Suppl. 1), p. 421-424
[en] Pomacentrids display a significant biodiversity through a variety of sympatric species with various feeding habits. The use of ecomorphological methods, based on the study of skeletal and muscular structures of the feeding apparatus could result in a better understanding of the adaptive radiation of this family. Significant differences in teeth and in the shape and thickened areas of the different bones were observed. The strongest structures occur in species which had teeth characteristic of suction feeding, and the weakest structures in species with biting teeth.
Disciplines :
Aquatic sciences & oceanology
Author, co-author :
Gluckmann, Isabelle; Laboratoire de Morphologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Institut de Zoologie, Université de Liège, Quai E. Van Beneden, Liège, B-4020, Belgium
Vandewalle, Pierre ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution
Language :
English
Title :
Morphofunctional analysis of the feeding apparatus in four pomacentridae species: Dascyllus aruanus, chromis retrofasciata, chrysiptera biocellata and C. unimaculata
Allen, G. R., 1991. Damselfishes of the world, Edited by:Baensch, Hans. 272Publication of natural history and pets book.
Barel, C. D. N., Witte, F., and Van Oijen, J. P., 1976. The shape of the skeletal elements in the head of a generalized haplochromis species:Haplochromis elegans. Neth. J. Zool., 26:163–265.
Barel, C. D. N., van Oijen, M. J. P., Witte, F., and Witte-Maas, E. L., 1977. An introduction to the taxonomy and morphology of the haplochromine Cichlidae from Lake Victoria. Neth. J. Zool., 27:333–389.
Barel, C. D. N., 1983. Towards a constructional morphology of cichlid fishes (teleostei, Perciformes). Neth. J. Zool., 33:357–424.
Benmouna, H., Vandewalle, P., and Chardon, M., 1983. Etude morphofonctionnelle de la région céphalique de deux espèces de serrans méditerranéens.-première approche. Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Médit, 28:119–122.
Ciardelli, A., 1967. The anatomy of the feeding mechanism and the food habits of Microspatbodon chrysurus (Pisces, Pomacentridae). Bull. mar. Sci., 17:845–883.
Coates, D., 1980. Prey-size intake in humbug damselfish, Dascyllus aruanus (Pisces, Pomacentridae) living within social groups. J. anim. Ecol., 49:335–340.
Emery, A. R., 1973. Comparative ecology and functional osteology of fourteen species of damselfish (Pisces:Pomacentridae) at Alligator Reef, Florida Keys. Bull. mar. Sci., 23:649–770.
Fishelson, L., 1970. Behaviour and ecology of a population of Abudefduf saxatilis (Pomacentridae, Teleostei) at Eilat (Red Sea). Anim. Behav., 18:225–237.
Gosline, W. A., 1987. Jaw structures and movements in higher teleostean fishes. Jpn. J. Ichthyol., 34:21–32.
Kotrschal, K., 1988. Evolutionary patterns in tropical marine reef fish feeding. Z. Zool. syst. Evolut.-forsch., 26:51–64.
Kotrschal, K., 1989. Trophic ecomorphology in eastern pacific blennioid fishes:character transformation of oral jaw and associated change of their biological roles. Environ. Biol. Fish., 24:199–218.
Liem, K. F., 1978. Modulatory multiplicity in the functional repertoire of the feeding mechanism in cichlid fishes. I. Piscivores. J. Morph., 158:323–360.
Liem, K. F., and Osse, J. W. M., 1975. Biological versatility, evolution and food resource exploitation in African cichlid fishes. Am. Zool., 15:427–454.
Motta, P. J., 1982. Functional morphology of the head of the inertial suction feeding butterflyfish, Chaetodon mititaris (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae). J. Morph., 174:283–312.
Motta, P. J., 1988. Functional morphology of the feeding apparatus of ten species of Pacific butterflyfishes (perciformes, Chaetodontidae):an ecomorphological approach. Environ. Biol. Fish., 22:39–67.
Montgomery, W. L., 1980. Comparative feeding ecology of two herbivorous damselfishes (Pomacentridae, Teleostei) from the Gulf of California, Mexico. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol., 47:9–24.
Myrberg, A. A., Bradley, D. B., and Emery, A. R., 1967. Field observation on reproduction of the damselfish, Chromis multilineata (Pomacentridae), with additional notes on general behaviour. Copeia, 1967:819–827.
Potthoff, T., Kelley, S., Saksena, V., Moe, M., and Young, F., 1987. Description of larval and juvenile yellowtail damselfish, Mi-crospathodon chrysurus, and their osteological development. Bull. mar. Sci., 40:330–375.
Randall, J. E., 1967. Food habits of reef fishes of the West Indies. Stud. Trop. Oceanogr., Miami, 5:665–847.
Sikkel, P. C., 1995. Diel periodicity of spawning activity in a permanently territorial damselfish a test of adult feeding hypotheses. Environ, Biol. Fish., 42:241–251.
Stiassny, M. I. J., and Jensen, J. S., 1987. Labroid interrelationships revisited:morphological complexity, key innovation, and their study of comparative diversity. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., 151:269–319.
Sweatman, H. P. A., 1983. Influence of conspecifics on choice settlement sites by larvae of two pomacentrid fishes (Dascyllus aruanus and D. reticulatus) on coral reefs. Mar. Biol., 75:225–229.
Taylor, W. R., and Van Dyke, G. C., 1985. Revised procedure for staining and clearing small fishes and other vertebrates for bone and cartilage study. Cybium, 9:107–119.
Vandewalle, P., 1975. Contribution à l'étude anatomique et fonctionnelle de la région céphalique de Gobio gobio (L.) (Pisces, Cyprinidae). 3. Les os, les muscles et les ligaments. Forma et Functio, 8:331–360.
Vandewalle, P., 1978. Analyse des mouvements potentiels de la région céphalique du goujon, Gobio gobio (L.) (Pisces, Cyprinidae). Cybium, 3:15–33.
Wainwright, P. C., 1987. Biomechanical limits to ecological performance mollusc-crushing by the Caribbean hogfish, Lachnolaimus maximus (labridae). J. Zool., Lond., 213:283–297.
Wainwright, P. C., 1988. Morphology and ecology:functional basis of feeding constraints in carribean labrid fishes. Ecology, 69:635–645.
