caa a22 4500 477116647 CHVBK 20180405111624.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00005053 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00005053 Gosline William Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A. aut Structures associated with feeding in three broad-mouthed, benthic fish groups [Elektronische Daten] [William Gosline] Synopsis: The flatheads, toadfishes, and goosefishes discussed here hold certain features in common. All are bottom-living forms with depressed head areas and broad gapes, and all eat large food items: fishes and/or crabs. All have developed structural specializations in association with this diet. The three groups are at most distantly related, and their feeding specializations are different and have evolved from different bases. In flatheads the combination of large food items and depressed head regions seems to have led to the separation of the two halves of the pelvic girdle, a feature in which they differ from their scorpaenoid relatives. Toadfish peculiarities associated with feeding are various but most notable in those that pass crabs they eat through the gape and into the mouth. Goosefish feeding is centered around the use of a lure to attract prey to within striking distance. The three fish groups are discussed separately, but their feeding structures are compared to one another in the final section of the paper. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996 Feeding structures nationallicence Flatheads nationallicence Goosefishes nationallicence Toadfishes nationallicence Environmental Biology of Fishes Kluwer Academic Publishers; http://www.wkap.nl 47/4(1996-12-01), 399-405 0378-1909 47:4<399 1996 47 10641 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005053 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005053 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Gosline William Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Biology of Fishes Kluwer Academic Publishers; http://www.wkap.nl/ 47/4(1996-12-01), 399-405 0378-1909 47:4<399 1996 47 10641 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer