SWIM-BLADDER STATE AND STRUCTURE IN RELATION TO BEHAVIOR AND MODE OF LIFE IN STROMATEOID FISHES
SWIM-BLADDER STATE AND STRUCTURE IN RELATION TO BEHAVIOR AND MODE OF LIFE IN STROMATEOID FISHES
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与层状鱼的行为和生活模式相关的游鳔状态和结构
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1975
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M. Horn
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作者:
M. Horn
Fourteen of the 15 genera of stromateoid fishes possess a relatively small (0.6-3.4% of body volume). euphysoclistous swim bladder which forms early in life (3-5 mm standard length) and regreB8es in all genera except possibly Nomeus before maturity (150-200 mm standard length) is reached. Theorganis thus an almost exclusive characteristic ofthe juveniles which occupy surface layers (upper 100-150 m) in coastal and oceanic waters. The gas gland of the swim bladder consists of cuboidal to irregularly shaped cells 6-46 I" m in greatest dimension. The retia mirabilia range in length from 0.4 to 2.0 mm and in diameter of individual capillaries from 4 to 10 1.1 m. The area ofthe gas gland and the length ofthe retia relative to the size of the swim-bladder lumen are great compared to the same in other epipelagic fishes and are similar to those of deeper living. mesopelagic fishes. The relatively large gas-secreting complex is considered to be an adaptation for rapid and efficient gas secretion in maintaining hydrostatic equilibrium as the juvenile fishes swim in the surface layers, frequently in association with floating objects, where pressure changes are greatest with depth. Swim-bladder loss accompanies changes in behavior and mode of life and is part of the transition from thejuvenile to the adult stage oflife. Hoveringand high maneuverability as principal components of locomotor behavior in juveniles give way to continuous swimming in adults which are generally independent offloating objects and occupy a greater depth range. The relative length ofthe paired fins changes with age and varies among the species. Peprilus triacanthus and P. simillimus. negatively buoyant. active swimmers, have long pectoral fins as adults whereas Schedophilus medusophagus,a neutrally or nearly neutrally buoyant, slow-moving fish, has short pectoral fins. Both P. simillimus and S. medusophagus have high levels of lipid which may serve to replace the swim bladder in a buoyancy function when the fishes are adults.