ArticleJournal of the Royal Society, Interface2025
Something to sink your teeth into: the mechanics of tooth indentation in frugivorous fishes.
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- Functional anatomy, jaw mechanisms, and feeding behavior of Dunkleosteus terrelli (Placodermi, Arthrodira).Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2026Article
- Functional Morphology of the Oral Jaws and Dentition Across Diverse Diets and Ontogeny in Prickleback Fishes (Stichaeidae).Journal of morphology · 2026Article
- Biomechanics, muscle modeling, and the elevated bite force and tooth stress of piranhas.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2026Article
- Incompatibility between two major innovations shaped the diversification of fish feeding mechanisms.PLoS biology · 2025Article
- Something to sink your teeth into: the mechanics of tooth indentation in frugivorous fishes.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025Article
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Abstract
Frugivorous vertebrates engage in a mutualism with fruiting plants: the former receive a nutrient subsidy, and the latter benefit by having their seeds dispersed far from parent plants. Vertebrate frugivores like primates and bats have particular morphologies suited for gripping fruit and then pulverizing fruit soft tissues; however, variation among frugivores and fruits has made the identification of common frugivore phenotypes difficult. Here, we evaluated the performance of frugivorous fish (pacu and piranha; Serrasalmidae) dentitions when puncturing fruits and seeds and compared specialist frugivorous species to facultative frugivorous and non-herbivorous relatives. We also explored how fruit characteristics affect puncture performance and how the indentation of fruit differs mechanically from harder foods like nuts. Based on expectations from studies on frugivorous bats and primates, we expected that frugivore dentitions would exhibit low force and then high work when engaging fruit tissues. Aligning with our expectation, the specialized frugivorous pacu,
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