Explores the tremendous diversity of this group, which includes eyeless catfish named after Satan and cast out of underground aquifers by artesian wells, loaches that cling to rocks in mountain torrents with fin-derived suction cups, lungfish in mud cocoons that metabolize their own muscles while waiting for the rains to return, degenerate male anglerfish that parasitize their mates in the blackness of ocean depths, and flying fish that glide above the surface of the open sea to escape the slashing bills of sailfish below. Lectures will cover form and function, evolution, the fossil record, reproduction and development, genetics, behavior, ecology, distribution, and conservation of fishes. The laboratory will stress fish identification, anatomy, and development. Same as EBIO 5050.
instructor(s)
Stock, David W
Primary Instructor
- Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
