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Ostéologie caudale des cichlidae (pisces, teleostei)

Caudal osteology of Cichlidae (Pisces, Teleostei)
Authors: Vandewalle, Pierre;

Ostéologie caudale des cichlidae (pisces, teleostei)

Abstract

L'étude de l'ostéologie caudale de 244 individus appartenant à 108 espèces de Cichlidae nous a montré, à côté d'une habituelle grande stabilité, une réduction du nombre des hypuraux de cinq à trois. Celle-ci s'explique peut-être sur le plan fonctionnel : elle favorise une nage plus rapide au prix d'une diminution de l'agilité. La réduction du nombre des hypuraux se manifeste en effet surtout chez les espèces des lacs Nyassa et Tanganyika, vastes et profonds. Le complexe urophore, tout en n'étant guère utilisable pour caractériser les Cichlidae dans Ileur ensemble, devrait aider à définir les espèces et même les genres.

The study of the caudal skeleton of 244 specimens belonging to 108 Cichlid species, has shown a general stability but also a reduction of the hypurals number from five to three. This reduction perhaps may have a functional meaning resulting in quicker swimming but in lesser agility. Indeed the diminution of the hypural numb&r most often occurs in the species living in the large and deep Nyassa and Tanganyika lakes.

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Belgium
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Adult, Sciences aquatiques & océanologie, Animal, Evolution, Fishes, Sciences du vivant, Aquatic sciences & oceanology, Life sciences, Spine, Aged, Human, Middle Age

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