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

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 459-464

  Scarabotti, Pablo A ^a,b   Parma, M Julieta ^a,c   López, Javier A ^a,b   Ghirardi, Romina ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ENTRE RÍOS   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^d Instituto de Botanica Carlos Spegazzini   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Floodplain pond; Hypoxia; Lip extension; Morphological adaptation

Indexed keywords

ACTINOPTERYGII; CHARACIDAE; PISCES; SALMINUS;

EID: 71449093276     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252009000300013     Document Type: Article

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