32 research outputs found
Intraspecific variation in the postcranial skeleton morphology in African clariids: a case study of extreme phenotypic plasticity
Evolutionary morphology of body elongation in teleosts: aspects of convergent evolution
This dissertation has focussed on a targeted selection of species that are convergent in having an elongate body. The central aim of this study was to identify how a whole set of structural modifications in the morphology of elongate clariid catfishes are related to different components such as (1) miniaturized head, (2) a special fossorial lifestyle, (3) the presence of hypertrophied jaw muscles and (4) anguilliformity. Therefore, a functional-morphological component analysis, attempting to decouple these four components, has been performed, with Channallabes apus, chosen as the reference species for the elongate clariids
Moringua edwardsi (Moringuidae: Anguilliformes): Cranial specialization for head-first burrowing?
Cranial morphological specializations related to burrowing: A case study of head-and tail-first-burrowing Pisodonophis boro
Morphological specializations in heterocongrinae (Anguilliformes: Congridae) related to burrowing and feeding
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