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"Swim along the edge of a coral reef and you’ll often see schools of sleek,
torpedo-shaped fishes gliding through the currents, feeding on tiny plankton
from the water column.
For decades, scientists assumed these plankton-feeding fishes – or planktivores
– shared specialised traits: forked tails and streamlined body forms for speed,
large eyes for spotting small prey, and small extendable jaws for
suction-feeding.
But our new study, published in
Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, shows
there is more nuance to this story. We found plankton-feeding fishes don’t
follow a single uniform design. To our surprise, they display the widest range
of body forms of any feeding group among reef fishes."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
