From Schlupp, I., Riesch, R., Tobler, M., Plath, M., Parzefall, J., & Schartl, M. (2010) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Straight men let’s face it. We will do anything if we think females will find it attractive. No matter how ludicrous, expensive, or time-consuming it may be, we will do it. The rise of mullets . . . → Read More: 70’s Porn Staches and the Female Fish Who Love Them
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By Dr. M, on  July 11th, 2010  5 comments  Adaptations, Fish, Life Science, Mating & Reproduction, New Research  adaptation, behaviour, fish, Mexico, molly, moustache, Poeciliidae, sexual selection, trait By Kevin Zelnio, on April 26th, 2010 Leave a comment Fish, New Research body size, fish, research blogging, researchblogcast, Trophic Ecology Each week Dave Munger, Razib Khan and I discuss a recent paper from ResearchBlogging.org. This week was my turn to choose and we discussed the following recent paper: Shackell, N., Frank, K., Fisher, J., Petrie, B., & Leggett, W. (2009). Decline in top predator body size and changing climate alter trophic structure in an oceanic . . . → Read More: ResearchBlogCast #4: Decreasing Predator Size Increases Prey Numbers
By Dr. M, on February 28th, 2010 One comment Adaptations, Biodiversity, Fish, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, Open Access anglerfish, batfish, deep sea, fish, goosefish, lure, Monkfish, Parasite, parasitic males From Miya et al. 2010 Figure 1 – Representatives of the lophiiform suborders Lophioidei (A), Antennarioidei (B, C), Chaunacoidei (D), and Ogcocephaloidei (E) My wife is from a very large family. Inevitably at in-law gatherings, I find myself whispering into my wife’s ear, “How are you related to that person?” Unfortunately, my wife has . . . → Read More: Family Gatherings and Free Swimming Sperm Packets
By Dr. M, on November 15th, 2009 5 comments Biodiversity, Fish, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Baited Camera Traps, deep, fish, food fall, lander, Pacific, snailfish, Trench In 2008 we reported on the 7700 meter record for filming fish, video above, Using a remote lander, a group filmed Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis, a deep-water snailfish, found only in the Northwest Pacific between 6.1km to 7.5km deep. Now this same group filmed swarms of the snailfish Notoliparis kermadecensis nibbling at bait 7560 meters, the deepest for . . . → Read More: Deepest Fish On Film
By Dr. M, on November 15th, 2009 7 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Fish, TGIF: Pictures & Movies biomechanics, bone, fish, fish head, jaw protrusion, ligament, novelty, skull, slingjaw wrass Epibulus insidiator, the slingjaw wrass, “possesses the most extreme jaw protrusion ever measured in fishes.” Individuals can protrude their jaw up to half the body length to capture crabs, shrimps, and small fishes. This occurs through multiple structural novelties, as the video above can attest to, involving fundamentally reorganizing the way the bones . . . → Read More: Crazy Fish Heads
By Dr. M, on August 20th, 2009 3 comments Conservation & Environment, Critters, Environmental Sciences, Industry & Government, New Research bioaccumulation, fish, mercury, methylmercury, open ocean, pelagic Figure 2 from Choy et al. 2009. Log-transformed mean THg concentrations (μg/kg) at the mean log(mass) of 4.24 or approximately 17.4 kg plotted as a function of median depth of occurrence for 9 species of pelagic fishes. Mercury is distributed across the earth whether it is in the atmosphere, biosphere, or geosphere. In the marine . . . → Read More: More Mercury Deeper
By Dr. M, on May 19th, 2009 One comment Mating & Reproduction anglerfish, deep sea, dragonfish, fish, food attraction, lanternfish, Peter Herring, sex, Sex Week, sexual dimorphism In the deep dark sea, bioluminescence is the name of game. Its central role is unequivocal for many organisms. Do different sexes of species display dimorphism with respect to bioluminescence? Does it have a role in the dirty deeds that occur in the dark? The following is an illuminating dirty laundry list of all sex . . . → Read More: Lighted Whoopie In The Sea: Repost
By Dr. M, on April 26th, 2009 2 comments Adaptations, New Research Acoustical Society of America, ear, fish, hearing, Mile-Down Club, Neuroscience, olfactory systems, otoliths, University of Maryland, Xiaohong Deng Left and right ears of the blue antimora (Antimora rostrata), a deep-sea cod. In the pictures you can clearly see the three otolith organs as white objects and the three semicircular canals. Courtesy of Xiaohong Deng, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program, University of Maryland. http://www.life.umd.edu/biology/popperlab/research/deepsea.htm. Obviously, fish do not possess the big fleshy ears. Talk . . . → Read More: Herring Aids
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 20th, 2009 One comment Adaptations, Fish, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Barrel-eye, Colbert Report, fish Big hat tip to Katie at DSN’s Barrel-eye fish post. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Craziest F#?king Thing I’ve Ever Heard – Barreleye Fish colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor NASA Name Contest Original is here if our overseas readers can’t see the video. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Big hat tip . . . → Read More: TGIM: See-Through-Shi Fish.
By Kevin Zelnio, on March 18th, 2009 2 comments Adaptations, Fish, New Research Dracula Fish, fish, Myanmar, National Geographic, Natural History Museum Ralf Britz, Natural History Museum and National Geographic. Not deep sea but awesome nonetheless! The Full story is National Geographic News. “Despite their ghoulish appearance, the fangs likely aren’t used for feeding. “We did not study stomach contents, but we know that its close relatives live on small crustaceans … and other small invertebrates,” Britz . . . → Read More: Dracula Fish From Myanmar Doesn’t Vant to Suck Your Blood
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