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• AnglerfishRelated: A sudden expansion helps an anglerfish capture prey that approaches its lure.

• PiscivoryRelated: Many fish predators capture prey with a brief inward rush of water.

• ColumbidaeRelated: Columbids can drink continuously without raising their heads between sips.

• Cranial kinesisRelated: Some fishes coordinate skull-bone movement with mouth expansion to generate suction.

• Benthic feedingRelated: Some bottom-dwelling fish use suction to dislodge prey from sediment or crevices.

• OdontocetiRelated: Several odontocetes, including beaked whales, capture prey this way.

• LophiiformesRelated: The rapid gape lets many anglerfishes engulf prey approaching the lure.

• WalrusRelated: Walruses can extract soft-bodied prey from shells by suction.

• AgnathaRelated: Lampreys use suction to attach to hosts, while other jawless forms feed differently.

• Plesiosaur feedingCompared with: It offers a possible alternative to biting, though evidence for its role in plesiosaurs is debated.

• Ram feedingCompared with: Unlike ram feeding, it relies on inward water flow rather than simply overtaking prey.

• SyngnathiformesRelated: Many syngnathiforms use narrow snouts to generate suction and capture small prey.

• Nurse sharkRelated: The nurse shark uses powerful suction to extract prey from crevices and beneath sediment.

• PipefishRelated: Pipefish use their tubular snouts to capture small prey with rapid suction.

• ScorpaenidaeRelated: Scorpaenids can capture nearby prey with a rapid inward rush of water.

• DunkleosteusRelated: Jaw opening in Dunkleosteus may have generated suction that helped capture prey.

• FrogfishRelated: Frogfish can engulf prey in a fast, expanding gulp.

• ScorpaeniformesRelated: Several scorpaeniform predators seize nearby prey with a sudden, powerful mouth expansion.

• Chinese giant salamanderRelated: A sudden gape lets this ambush predator capture prey at close range.

• Megamouth sharkRelated: The megamouth’s large, protrusible jaws are associated with suction while feeding.

• WobbegongRelated: Wobbegongs can engulf prey with a sudden, powerful expansion of the mouth.

• LampriformesRelated: Several lampriforms capture prey with protrusible jaws and rapid suction.

• Common seadragonRelated: Its small, toothless mouth captures tiny crustaceans by suction.

• Cookiecutter sharkRelated: The shark attaches its mouth to a victim before cutting away a plug of tissue.

• Cow sharkRelated: Researchers have documented this feeding method in bluntnose sixgill sharks.

• Frilled sharkRelated: Its large mouth and flexible jaws may help it seize prey by suction.

• MesoplodonRelated: Beaked whales commonly capture elusive deep-water prey with suction rather than chewing.

• Pelican eelCompared with: Unlike many suction feeders, the pelican eel is noted for engulfing prey with its distensible jaws.

• TrumpetfishRelated: Their rapid mouth expansion pulls small fish into the tubular snout.

• Zebra sharkRelated: A small mouth and protrusible jaws help it take prey from crevices and the seafloor.

• AngelsharkRelated: Its quick mouth expansion helps capture prey from the seabed.

• FootballfishRelated: The large mouth helps footballfish capture prey that approaches the lure.

• GoosefishRelated: Goosefish can engulf prey quickly when it approaches the lure.

• HelicoprionCompared with: It offers a contrasting feeding model to hypotheses centered on cutting with the whorl.

• John DoryRelated: The fish's quick mouth expansion helps pull small prey within reach.

• Sea toadRelated: Like other anglerfishes, sea toads can engulf nearby prey with a fast suction strike.

• SirenidaeRelated: Sirenids capture small prey underwater using mouth movements suited to aquatic feeding.