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Aerial respiration in the catfish, Eremophilus mutisii (Trichomycteridae, Siluriformes), in the Rio Bogota Basin, Colombia
Author(s) -
Cala P.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1987.tb05236.x
Subject(s) - biology , catfish , respiration , benthic zone , structural basin , fishery , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , anatomy , paleontology
Eremophilus mutisii uses the stomach for aerial respiration. Inspiration is during a rapid dash to and from the surface. Air‐breathing occurs in hypoxic and normoxic water, but is not obligatory. The evolution of a reduced swimbladder is associated with a benthic mode of life in E. mutisii.