Abstract. Teeth play a crucial role in vertebrate ecology as one of the main interfaces between predators and their prey. As the most diverse vertebrates o

Abstract. Insights into ecomorphology are enriched when investigating evolutionary correlations between ecologically and functionally important traits. How

Synopsis. Blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, are an invasive species in the Chesapeake Bay region, known to be opportunistic predators that overlap in habit

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T he word “nemotia”1 is a neologism, a newly coined term that, in this case, describes the sense of overwhelm and disconnect accompanying the thought that nothing you do will ever make a difference. ...

Fisheries biologists recently described a new species of barracudina found in U.S. waters in the North Atlantic. Although understudied, these small fish may play a big role in their ecosystems.

Phylogenetic Comparative Methods

Background Pigmentation patterns are central to animal biology—shaping camouflage, signaling, and mate selection—and uncovering the mechanisms driving their diversification is key to understanding the...

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The ray-finned fishes include one out of every two species of living vertebrates on Earth and have an abundant fossil record stretching 380 million years into the past. The division of systematic kno...

Background The evolutionary relationships within Stomiiformes, a diverse order of deep-sea fishes dominating the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones, remain contentious due to conflicting morphological...

Taking the temperature of punctuated equilibrium on its semicentennial

Background Multiple factors, including the context (human or non-human) in which evolution is learned and whether explicit efforts are made to try to reduce the conflict between evolution and religion...

Synopsis. Dermal denticles (scales) are important in influencing the movement of water around a shark’s body. To date, most of the research on denticle mor

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Large teeth and highly protrusible jaws are two feeding innovations that have evolved in fishes. High-speed videography and comparative phylogenetic analyses indicate that they are incompatible with e...