Morphology of the Amazonian Teleost Genus Arapaima Using Advanced 3D Imaging

The arapaima is the largest of the extant air-breathing freshwater fishes. Their respiratory gas bladder is arguably the most striking of all the adaptations to living in the hypoxic waters of the Amazon basin, in which dissolved oxygen can reach 0 ppm (0 mg/l) at night. As obligatory air-breathers,...

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Main Authors: Miriam Scadeng, Christina McKenzie, Weston He, Hauke Bartsch, David J. Dubowitz, Dominik Stec, Judy St. Leger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2020.00260/full