ArticleRoyal Society open science2018
Hydrodynamic performance of suction feeding is virtually unaffected by variation in the shape of the posterior region of the pharynx in fish.
Article in Royal Society open science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Functional models from limited data: A parametric and multimodal approach to anatomy and 3D kinematics of feeding in basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus).Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2026Article
- Alimentary Tract Anatomy and Morphology in Early Adult Mediterranean KillifishAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Muscle function and electromyography: (almost) 70 years since Doty and Bosma (1956).Journal of neurophysiology · 2025Article
- In vivo intraoral waterflow quantification reveals hidden mechanisms of suction feeding in fish.eLife · 2022Article
- Hydrodynamic performance of suction feeding is virtually unaffected by variation in the shape of the posterior region of the pharynx in fish.Royal Society open science · 2018Article
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Abstract
To capture prey by suction, fish generate a flow of water that enters the mouth and exits at the back of the head. It was previously hypothesized that prey-capture performance is improved by a streamlined shape of the posterior region of the pharynx, which enables an unobstructed outflow with minimal hydrodynamic resistance. However, this hypothesis remained untested for several decades. Using computational fluid dynamics simulations, we now managed to quantify the effects of different shapes of the posterior pharynx on the dynamics of suction feeding, based on a feeding act of a sunfish (
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