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SUBMITTER: Westneat MW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1599880 | biostudies-other | 2005 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Westneat Mark W MW Alfaro Michael E ME Wainwright Peter C PC Bellwood David R DR Grubich Justin R JR Fessler Jennifer L JL Clements Kendall D KD Smith Lydia L LL
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20050501 1567
The Labridae is one of the most structurally and functionally diversified fish families on coral and rocky reefs around the world, providing a compelling system for examination of evolutionary patterns of functional change. Labrid fishes have evolved a diverse array of skull forms for feeding on prey ranging from molluscs, crustaceans, plankton, detritus, algae, coral and other fishes. The species richness and diversity of feeding ecology in the Labridae make this group a marine analogue to the ...[more]