Dermal lip protuberances associated with aquatic surface respiration in juveniles of the piscivorous characid Salminus brasiliensis (Actinopterygii: Characidae)

Some South American freshwater fishes can improve their capability of aquatic surface respiration (ASR) by developing dermal lip protuberances in the lower jaw. This adaptation was thought to be limited to omnivorous or herbivorous fishes. The present work provides the first evidence that juveniles...
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Autor*in:

Pablo A. Scarabotti [verfasserIn]

M. Julieta Parma [verfasserIn]

Javier A. López [verfasserIn]

Romina Ghirardi [verfasserIn]

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Schlagwörter:

Hypoxia

Morphological adaptation

Lip extension

Floodplain pond

Argentina

Übergeordnetes Werk:

In: Neotropical Ichthyology - Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia, 2007

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DOI / URN:

10.1590/S1679-62252009000300013

Katalog-ID:

DOAJ001655531

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