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January 2018 PMID 29410862

Specialized specialists and the narrow niche fallacy: a tale of scale-feeding fishes.

Matthew A Kolmann, Jonathan M Huie, Kory Evans, Adam P Summers

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Abstract in brief

  • Scalefeeding is a rare but recurring ecological strategy among fish, with diverse species evolving specialized traits to feed on the scales and mucus of other fish.
  • The study compares two scalefeeding fish lineages, a characin and a piranha, to understand how their feeding structures develop over time and how they differ from non-leaping counterparts.
  • Findings reveal significant differences in adult feeding morphology, with scalefeeding fishes showing some juvenile (paedomorphic) traits and sharing only a few characteristics like their specialized teeth, highlighting the underestimated variability and ecological diversity within scalefeeding fishes.]
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Dr. Jonathan Huie
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@mtanichthys Two papers I wrote during my undergrad https://t.co/BA0nvYu2qr https://t.co/Ym95FwPiCq Not first author but did the data collection and helped write https://t.co/v7rhMg85Js

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Milton Tan
@mtanichthys · X

RT @jmhuiee: @mtanichthys Two papers I wrote during my undergrad https://t.co/BA0nvYu2qr https://t.co/Ym95FwPiCq Not first author but did…

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Stacy Farina
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RT @jmhuiee: @mtanichthys Two papers I wrote during my undergrad https://t.co/BA0nvYu2qr https://t.co/Ym95FwPiCq Not first author but did…

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Milton Tan
@mtanichthys · X

RT @jmhuiee: @mtanichthys Two papers I wrote during my undergrad https://t.co/BA0nvYu2qr https://t.co/Ym95FwPiCq Not first author but did…

Aug 28, 2020 · 2 shares · 5,096 followers View post →
Dr. Jonathan Huie
@jmhuiee · X

@mtanichthys Two papers I wrote during my undergrad https://t.co/BA0nvYu2qr https://t.co/Ym95FwPiCq Not first author but did the data collection and helped write https://t.co/v7rhMg85Js

Aug 28, 2020 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 2,257 followers View post →