Ontogenetic Scaling of Body Proportions in Waterfall-Climbing Gobiid Fishes from Hawai'i and Dominica: Implications for Locomotor Function
Potential effects of body size changes on locomotor performance in gobiid fishes (family Gobiidae) were studied in two sicydiine species, Sicyopterus stimpsoni from the Hawaiian Islands and Sicydium punctatum from Dominica, West Indies. These taxa both possess a pelvic sucking disc that can be used...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Copeia. - American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 1913. - 2007(2007), 3, Seite 755-764 |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Copeia |
| Schlagworte: | Biological sciences Physical sciences Business |