Axial morphology and 3D neurocranial kinematics in suction-feeding fishes

Jimenez, Yordano E, Camp, Ariel L ORCID: 0000-0002-3355-4312, Grindall, Jonathan D and Brainerd, Elizabeth L (2018) Axial morphology and 3D neurocranial kinematics in suction-feeding fishes. Biology Open, 7 (9). bio036335-.

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Abstract

Many suction-feeding fish use neurocranial elevation to expand the buccal cavity for suction feeding, a motion necessarily accompanied by the dorsal flexion of joints in the axial skeleton. How much dorsal flexion the axial skeleton accommodates and where that dorsal flexion occurs may vary with axial skeletal morphology, body shape and the kinematics of neurocranial elevation. We measured three-dimensional neurocranial kinematics in three species with distinct body forms: laterally compressed Embiotoca lateralis, fusiform Micropterus salmoides, and dorsoventrally compressed Leptocottus armatus. The area just caudal to the neurocranium occupied by bone was 42±1.5%, 36±1.8% and 22±5.5% (mean±s.e.m.; N=3, 6, 4) in the three species, respectively, and the epaxial depth also decreased from E. lateralis to L. armatus. Maximum neurocranial elevation for each species was 11, 24 and 37°, respectively, consistent with a hypothesis that aspects of axial morphology and body shape may constrain neurocranial elevation. Mean axis of rotation position for neurocranial elevation in E. lateralis, M. salmoides and L. armatus was near the first, third and fifth intervertebral joints, respectively, leading to the hypothesis of a similar relationship with the number of intervertebral joints that flex. Although future work must test these hypotheses, our results suggest the relationships merit further inquiry.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Axial skeleton, Body shape, Pterygiophore, Supraneural,, VROMM, XROMM
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	03 Oct 2018 14:49
Last Modified:	02 Jan 2024 08:26
DOI:	10.1242/bio.036335
Open Access URL:	http://bio.biologists.org/content/7/9/bio036335.fu...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3027059