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Unlikely discovery of a mouth-brooding fish that lives in the deep sea
- pvaldes 7y agoI would not use the word deep-sea here. The species range from epipelagic to the first middle of mesopelagic and lives in soft bottoms that can still receive light. Is better to save the term deep-sea for the bathyal area. Mouth incubation is uncommon but happens in some families (mostly Perciformes if I'm remembering correctly). Is pretty interesting to find this in Zeiforms.
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoToday I learned: Mouth-brooding - holding developing young (eggs or larvae) in the mouth of the animal.
- fiblye 7y agoFrom the first sentence of the article: >The deep ocean is frequently assumed to be a homogeneous system lacking diverse life history strategies found in shallower waters. I feel like most people imagine the deep sea is even stranger and more bizarre?
- pattisapu 7y agoReminds me of Mr. Tilapia in Eric Carle's book Mr. Seahorse: http://tinyurl.com/vmnlk27 http://tinyurl.com/vmnlk27