Comparative analysis of the diet composition and its relation to morphological characteristics in Achirus mazatlanus and Syacium ovale (Pleuronectiformes: Osteichthyes) from a Mexican Pacific coastal lagoon

Comparative analysis of the diet composition and its relation to morphological characteristics in Achirus mazatlanus and Syacium ovale (Pleuronectiformes: Osteichthyes) from a Mexican Pacific coastal lagoon

ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to investigate differences in diet composition between Achirus mazatlanus and Syacium ovale, two flatfishes inhabiting in a tropical coastal lagoon and to investigate the relationship of their feeding habits to size, body morphometry and mouths characteristi...

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Main Authors: Sandra Carolina Padilla-Gutierrez, Gaspar González-Sansón, Consuelo María Aguilar-Betancourt, Juan Ramón Flores-Ortega
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2020-04-01
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
Subjects:
Estuarine habitat
Feeding
Ontogenic changes
Pleuronectiformes
Trophic morphology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v18n1/1982-0224-ni-18-01-e190059.pdf

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