A new blind cave fish population of genus Astyanax: Geography, morphology and behavior

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 62, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 339-344

  Espinasa, Luis ^a   Rivas Manzano, Patricia ^b   Pérez, Héctor Espinosa ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

A. aeneus; A. fasciatus; A. mexicanus; Aggression; Eye development; Troglobite; Troglomorphism; Vision

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CAVERNICOLOUS SPECIES; FISH; NEW SPECIES;

MEXICO;

EID: 0034764706     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011852603162     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Descriptive ecology of La Cueva Chica, with special reference to the blind fish Anoptichthys
2. Patterns of distribution of the Central American ichthyofauna
3. Problemas nomenclaturales de las formas Mexicanas del género Astyanax (Pisces: Characidae)
4. The American characidae
5. Exploraciones bioespeleológicas en Guerrero. Tepeyollotli
6. Eye reduction in hybrids and a naturally variable cave form of Astyanax fasciatus (Characidae, Pisces)
7. Fishes from the caves of Yucatan
8. Morphological adaptations of the Texas blind catfishes Trogloglanis pattersoni and Satan eurystomus (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) to their underground environment
9. Mexican eyeless characin fishes, genus Asryanax: Environment, distribution, and evolution
10. The fishes of northern and central Veracruz, México
11. Behavioral aspects in animals living in caves
12. Introgressive hybridization in a population of Astyanax fasciatus (Pisces: Characidae) at La Cueva Chica
13. Behavior in an 'intermediate' population of the subterranean-dwelling characid Astyanax fasciatus
14. Ontogenetic change in phototactic responses of surface and cave populations of Astyanax fasciatus (Pisces: Characidae)
15. It's a wonderful hypogean life: A guide to the troglomorphic fishes of the world
16. Vergleichende untersuchungen an des autsinnesorganen ober-und unterirdisch lebender Astyanax-Formen
17. Studies on the genetics of feeding behavior in the cave fish Astyanax mexicanus f. Anoptichthys. An example of apparent monofactorial inheritance by polygenes
18. Dependence of tectal neuron differentiation on optic innervation in teleost fish
19. Revised procedures for staining and clearing small fishes and other vertebrates for bone and cartilage studies
20. Fauna cavernicola brasileira: Composiçâo e caracterizaçâo preliminar
21. Evolution and genetics of epigean and cave Astyanax mexicanus (Characidae, Pisces). Support for the neutral mutation theory