lepidophagy
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Lepidophagy — is a specialised feeding behaviour in fish that involves eating of scales of other fish.cite web|url=http://fishbase.org/Glossary/Glossary.cfm?TermEnglish=lepidophagy|title=Glossary: Lepidophagy|author=Froese, R. and D. Pauly.… … Wikipedia
lepidophagy — scale eating, several unrelated taxa are known to specialise in eating scales from other fishes using various methods, e.g. Terapon jarbua removes scales from Mugil cephalus. Scales and associated mucus and skin are not usually the exclusive diet … Dictionary of ichthyology
scale-eating — lepidophagy (scale eating, several unrelated taxa are known to specialise in eating scales from other fishes using various methods, e.g. Terapon jarbua removes scales from Mugil cephalus. Scales and associated mucus and skin are not usually the… … Dictionary of ichthyology
List of feeding behaviours — Feeding is the process by which organisms, typically animals, obtain food. Terminology often uses either the suffix vore from Latin vorare, meaning to devour , or phagy, from Greek φαγειν, meaning to eat . Mosquito drinking blood … Wikipedia
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Coprophagia — A female Oriental Latrine Fly (Chrysomya megacephala) feeds on animal feces. Coprophagia or coprophagy is the consumption of feces, from the Greek κόπρος copros ( feces ) and φαγεῖν phagein ( to eat ). Many animal species practice coprophagia as… … Wikipedia
Geophagy — The red and green macaw eats clay from exposed riverbanks, allowing it to utilize nutrients in harmful foods. Geophagy is the practice of eating earthy or soil like substances such as clay, and chalk. It exists in animals in the wild and also in… … Wikipedia
Cichlid — Cichlids Common freshwater angelfish, Pterophyllum scalare Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
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