Talk:Lepidophagy

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Ideas on How to Improve this Article
The article says that scale eating has evolved, but does not say why or how. I would like to try and explain this using research that has been done on different species of fish. Physiological Changes Many species of fish have evolved structural changes to their teeth and mouth, which makes them better able to feed on the scales of other fish. This is believed to be because of environmental changes. There are also changes in certain types of Catfish digestive enzymes which helps them more readly break down the fins, eyes, scales of other fish. Behavioural Changes There are many behavioural changes associated with lepidophagy. Aggression and attacking behaviour that includes chasing and striking the prey are common among Asian Catfish who then eat the scales of their prey. Moreover, there has been many studies done on the hunting behaviours of scale-eating fish and how those behaviours have evolved over time. Evolution These rapid changes are believed to have come about because of extreme environmental changes or because of living in extreme environments. Each niche seems to have their own set of traits and have evolved structurally and behaviorally in different ways depending on their surrounding environment. I plan on writing about the different morphological and behavioural changes in different species of fish that participate in this scale-eating behaviour and the environments that they come from. Previous Article I think that the article is lacking in how species differ in behaviour and morphology, and how different environments play a role in scale-eating behaviour. Erc045 (talk) 17:15, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Peer Review
Hi when reading the start of your article I thought that you did a great job on providing various examples of lepidophagy. Also you did a good job in explaining what the behaviour actually was. Though one small change you might consider fixing is maybe go into greater explanation of the attack behaviours used by lepidophagus predators. The last critique I have is the sentence about energy expenditure the article this is taken from is about Catoprion mento is their some variation for other species or is this general statement for a fish that displays this behaviour?(Gavinmemorial (talk) 21:29, 19 October 2017 (UTC))