mangrove rivulus
- Prolonged survival out of water is linked to a slow pace of life in a self-fertilizing amphibious fish
Summary: Intrinsically low metabolic rates increase survival and fitness of an amphibious fish when access to water is limited; there is no apparent cost when water is abundant.
- By land or by sea: a modified C-start motor pattern drives the terrestrial tail-flip
Summary: The mangrove rivulus is an amphibious fish that uses a modified C-start escape response motor pattern to drive its terrestrial tail-flip behavior.
- Fish embryos on land: terrestrial embryo deposition lowers oxygen uptake without altering growth or survival in the amphibious fish Kryptolebias marmoratus
Highlighted Article: Terrestrially reared embryos from the amphibious fish Kryptolebias marmoratus consume less oxygen and reach hatching competency with larger yolk reserves relative to embryos reared in water.