Meeting Abstract 73-4 Monday, Jan. 6 08:45 – 09:00 Work That Body: Thrust generated by the fins and body contributes to the feeding success of herbivorous reef fish PEREVOLOTSKY, T*; GENIN, A; HOLZMAN, R; Tel Aviv University; Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Tel Aviv University taltal.pere@gmail.com Herbivorous fish feed by biting, tearing or scraping algal material off the […]
year: 2020
Slow and steady wins the prey The persistent predation strategy of the red lionfish (Pterois volitans)
Meeting Abstract 73-3 Monday, Jan. 6 08:30 – 08:45 Slow and steady wins the prey: The persistent predation strategy of the red lionfish (Pterois volitans) PETERSON, AN*; MCHENRY, MJ; Univ. of California, Irvine anpeter1@uci.edu The red lionfish (Pterois volitans) is a notoriously voracious predator and invasive species in the western Atlantic ocean. In contrast to its reputation, […]
Implications for The Antiquity of Raptorial Biting in Pinnipedimorphs Exploring Mandible Morphology in the Callorhinus Lineage
Meeting Abstract 73-6 Monday, Jan. 6 09:00 – 09:15 Implications for The Antiquity of Raptorial Biting in Pinnipedimorphs: Exploring Mandible Morphology in the Callorhinus Lineage MARSHALL, CD*; RALEY, LN; PEREDO, CM; PYENSON, ND; Texas A&M University; Portland State University; University of Michigan; Smithsonian Institution marshalc@tamug.edu http://www.tamug.edu/marshall The integration of morphology and feeding performance studies can address questions […]
Crushing prey in the open ocean the pharyngeal jaws of lanternfishes
Meeting Abstract 73-7 Monday, Jan. 6 09:15 – 09:30 Crushing prey in the open ocean: the pharyngeal jaws of lanternfishes WAINWRIGHT, DK*; SUMMERS, DA; Yale University, New Haven CT; Harvard University, Cambridge MA dylan.wainwright@gmail.com http://www.dylanwainwright.com Lanternfishes are a diverse family of fishes with 246 described species that live in open ocean waters worldwide. These fishes are estimated […]
Carnivorous grazers How to build scale-feeding and fin-feeding fishes from less egregious relatives
Meeting Abstract 73-1 Monday, Jan. 6 08:00 – 08:15 Carnivorous grazers? How to build scale-feeding and fin-feeding fishes from less egregious relatives KOLMANN, MA*; HUGHES, LC; EVANS, K; HUIE, JM; ORTI, G; HERNANDEZ, LP; George Washington University; George Washington University; Brown University; University of Washington; George Washington University; George Washington University mkolmann@gmail.com The tropics are home to […]
Behavioral Variation in Feeding Strikes across Five Populations of Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Meeting Abstract 73-2 Monday, Jan. 6 08:15 – 08:30 Behavioral Variation in Feeding Strikes across Five Populations of Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) NAVON, D*; ROGERS, SM; HIGHAM, TE; University of California Riverside; University of Calgary; University of California Riverside dina.navon.3@gmail.com Investigating the mechanisms by which natural populations diverge to exploit new ecological resources remains of critical interest […]
Functional Constraints and Disparity in Bird Limb Proportion Evolution
Meeting Abstract 72-5 Monday, Jan. 6 09:00 – 09:15 Functional Constraints and Disparity in Bird Limb Proportion Evolution HEDRICK, BP*; BROCKLEHURST, N; MITCHELL, JS; BENSON, RBJ; Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, USA; University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; West Virginia University, Beckley, USA; University of Oxford, Oxford, UK bhedri@lsuhsc.edu Birds have wide variation in flight […]
Examining the early stages of adaptive radiation in Anolis roquet from Martinique
Meeting Abstract 72-7 Monday, Jan. 6 09:30 – 09:45 Examining the early stages of adaptive radiation in Anolis roquet from Martinique ANDERSON, CV*; REITER, PA; ROBERTS, TJ; Univ. South Dakota, Vermillion; Univ. South Dakota, Vermillion; Brown University, Providence Christopher.V.Anders@usd.edu http://www.chamaeleonidae.com Caribbean Anolis lizards have become a model system for the study of adaptive radiation and coevolution, whereby […]
Cranial shape variation in Crocodylomorpha and the influence of ecological transitions during its evolutionary history
Meeting Abstract 72-4 Monday, Jan. 6 08:45 – 09:00 Cranial shape variation in Crocodylomorpha and the influence of ecological transitions during its evolutionary history GODOY, PL; Stony Brook University pedrolorenagodoy@gmail.com Today, the 27 modern crocodylian species display similar morphologies and occupy comparable ecological niches in their semi-aquatic environments. However, Crocodylomorpha, the group that includes includes the extinct […]
Convergent evolution of craniofacial morphologies in apteronotid and mormyrid electric fishes
Meeting Abstract 72-3 Monday, Jan. 6 08:30 – 08:45 Convergent evolution of craniofacial morphologies in apteronotid and mormyrid electric fishes FORD, KL*; ALBERT, JS; University of Louisiana at Lafayette; University of Louisiana at Lafayette klf8880@louisiana.edu Weakly electric fishes provide an opportunity to examine multiple instances of morphological convergence across continents. Gymnotiformes and Mormyridae use weak electric signals […]
