Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives is an award-winning and groundbreaking exploration
of the fundamental elements of the taxonomy, systematics, physiology, and ecology of …

Sharks as a group have a long history as highly successful predatory fishes. Although, the
number of recent studies on their diet, feeding behavior, feeding mechanism, and …

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the elasmobranch feeding mechanism is its
functional diversity despite its morphological simplicity. Compared to the teleost skull, which …

Ram feeding is the process by which a predatory fish uses a high-velocity lunge or chase to
overtake its prey. This study compares the strike and prey capture behaviors and kinematics …

The teeth of white‐spotted bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) are used to clutch soft‐
bodied prey and crush hard prey; however, the dual function is not evident from tooth …

Inertial suction feeding is known to occur in some sharks, but the sequence and temporal
kinematics of head and jaw movements have not been defined. We investigated the feeding …

The kinematics and muscle activity pattern of the head and jaws during feeding in the
Atlantic guitarfish Rhinobatos lentiginosus are described and quantified using high-speed …

Changes in the feeding mechanism with feeding behavior were investigated using high-
speed video and electromyography to examine the kinematics and motor pattern of prey …

Recent work on teleosts suggests that attack behaviors or kinematics may be modified by a
predator on the basis of the size of the prey or the ability of the prey to sense predators and …

The widely accepted phylogenctic position of Chondrichthyes as the sister group to all other
living gnathostomes makes biomechanical analyses of this group of special significance for …