Pharyngeal Teeth: Sometimes known as false-teeth or characin teeth. They are teeth that lie in the throat of some characins. These teeth act as a second set of teeth, in addition to the outer teeth.
pharyngeal teeth (throat teeth) - Tooth-like structures in the back part of the throat derived from gill supports. Primarily used for grinding, may be used to produce sound.
Pharyngeal Teeth
Bony plates at the back of the mouth used for grinding. Found in many species, particularly herbivores and also some omnivores, but especially those of the sub-order Cyprinoidei. Pharyngeal
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Pharynx pharyngeal teeth (calcified structures)
Oesophagus short, thick, taste buds, gizzard
Stomach present or absent, acid, enzymes, rate of digestion correlates with mass of food remaining in stomach, emptying is affected by temperature.
premaxillae); palatine articulating in a socket of the endoptrygoid; fifth ceratobranchial (the pharyngeal bone) enlarged, with teeth ankylosed to the bone (bound by collagenous fibers to the bone in other ostariophysans with teeth, pharyngeal teeth ...
One singular characteristic of cichlids concerns dentition; their lower pharyngeal bones [pharyngeal teeth are those in the pharyngeal arch of the throat as opposed to mandibular teeth in the mouth] are fused into specialized teeth that are used ...
Their well-developed pharyngeal teeth are used to crush-up invertebrate hard parts. Food habit studies suggest that the Maori wrasses typically consume one large prey item and then go sometime (possibly two or three days) without feeding again.
It is largely the pharyngeal teeth (teeth in the throat) that allows the cichlid so many 'niche' feeding behaviors, i.e. the jaws may be used to hold or pick food, while the pharyngeal teeth are used to crush what was harvested.
They also have pharyngeal teeth for additional grinding of crunchy foods.
Herbivorous fish (grazers) often lack jaw teeth, but have tooth-like grinding mills in their throats, called pharyngeal teeth.
Characteristics of Cyprinds include "pharyngeal teeth, " teeth used to grind food; a lack of an adipose fin; and the presence of barbels on many species. Cyprinds range greatly in size; from Danionella translucida at 0.
Some species of chubs build gravel nests to spawn over, while others are find cavities in river banks or other structure. Most minnows are omnivorous, using their characteristic pharyngeal teeth for grinding weeds, insects, ...
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