A Comparison of the Pectoral Spines in Virginia Catfishes
Catfish pectoral spines are an anti-predator defense mechanism. They can be bound or locked, making the fish harder to swallow, or used to produce distress calls by rubbing ridges on the dorsal process against a channel in the wall of the pectoral girdle. Growth of the pectoral spine and girdle were...
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VCU Scholars Compass
2007
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| Online Access: | http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1297 http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2296&context=etd |