Browsing by Author "Tricas, Timothy C."

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Feeding mechanism and functional morphology of the jaws of the lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhinidae)

Motta, Philip Jay; Tricas, Timothy C.; Hueter, Robert E.; Summers, Adam P. (1997-11)

This study tests the hypothesis that preparatory, expansive, compressive and recovery phases of biting behavior known for aquatically feeding anamniotes are conserved among extant elasmobranch fishes. The feeding mechanism ...
Seasonal dynamics of dental sexual dimorphism in the Atlantic stingray Dasyatis sabina

Kajiura, Stephen; Tricas, Timothy C. (1996-10)

Cartilaginous fishes continuously replace their teeth throughout their life (polyphyodonty) and often show a sexually dimorphic dentition that was previously thought to he an invariant sex character. Radial vector analysis ...