Movie 1.
Video of Cb04 feeding on a goldfish in the tunnel extension of a tank. The video was recorded at 500 frames s−1 and slowed down 16.67 times. A barrier is lifted, revealing a goldfish at the end of the tunnel. Cb04 approaches, slows down, and then strikes.
Royal knifefish generate powerful suction feeding through large neurocranial elevation and high epaxial muscle power
Journal of Experimental Biology 2022. 225:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jeb.244294