feeding strategies

Question 1

feeding territories

Answer 1

• top feeders
• mid water feeders
• substrate feeders

Question 2

superior mouth

Answer 2

• seen in top feeders
• have a straight dorsal surface
• have an upturned, scoop like mouth for gathering floating insects

Question 3

terminal mouth

Answer 3

• seen in mid water feeders
• mouths are located at the tip of the snout
• they will snatch food as it falls

Question 4

inferior mouth

Answer 4

• seen in substrate feeders / bottom dwellers
• have underslung mouths
• have flattened ventral surfaces to enable them to get closer to the floor where most of their food is

Question 5

feeding outside their preferred area

Answer 5

fish may do this when they are hungry → in captivity if food designed to stay at the right feeding level isn’t supplied