Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 16() 1971
A comparative study on the muscles of the head of Aspius aspius (Linnaeus, 1758) and Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
Abstract:
A description of the structure and topographic relations of the muscles which partake in the process of food ingestion in the pike Esox lucius L., a typical flesh-eater, and in Aspius aspius (L.), a carnivorous cyprinid, is given. In order to compare the muscles and to demonstrate to what extent the predatory ways of living of Aspius aspius have influenced the structure and nature of its muscles co-working with the mouth apparatus, the data concerning the muscles of the carp Cyprinus carpio L., an omnivorous cyprinid, have also been used.
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