Supposedly, basal foraging strategy in cyprinids is benthivory. Other more specialized mode of feedings (piscivory, planktivory, plant feeding, detritivory, scraping feeding, some else?) should originate during evolution.Can somebody recommend a literature in that relation - evolving and diversification of foraging strategies in cyprinids (Cyprinidae) or other extended families?
See the older work of Disler, work by K. Kotrshal (brains), and by Bleckmann and colleagues (lateral line) for useful information on the behavior and variation in brains and sensory systems of various cyprinids. I believe that they all refer to feeding habits.
Boris, Although the paper is not on Cyprinids, the paper does demonstrate that a foraging strategy and habitat selection that maximizes energy for reproduction has likely evolved for lake trout populations.
Cheers,
JP
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Hello Boris,
the following article might be interesting for you:
Corse et al. 2015. Covariation of trophic and habitat-related traits in chondrostoms (Cyprinidae): implications for repeated and diversifying evolutionary processes. Journal of Zoology, 295: 294–305.
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