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Life in a bubble: the role of the labyrinth organ in determining territory, mating and aggressive behaviours in anabantoids.
Journal of fish biology - 1 Sept 2017
Tate M, McGoran R E, White C R, Portugal S J
Abstract excerpt
The anabantoids are a group of c. 137 species of air-breathing freshwater fishes found in Africa and southern Asia. All anabantoids have a pair of suprabranchial chambers that each house an air-breathing organ known as the labyrinth apparatus: a complex bony structure lined with thin, highly vascularised respiratory epithelium. The labyrinth apparatus allows anabantoids to extract oxygen from air and is a...
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