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Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus (Mummichog)
 The two species of killifish collected at the MBL
are both found in local salt marshes and other estuarine
environments.
Estuarine animals can be used as models to investigate
basic cellular physiology in, by mammalian standards, unusual
conditions. Thus, the roles of enzymes in mediating cellular
acclimation and tolerance can be investigated. As explained by
Dr. Kennedy T. Paynter (Johns Hopkins University), estuarine
animals endure large variations in environmental conditions
including termperaturem salinity pH, and ovygen concentration,
and many of these animals have evolved cellular mechanisms
that allow them to tolerate these extremes.
Check our Fish
Slides database for photos and catch records.
Bigelow, Henry B., William C. Schroeder. 1953. Fishes of the
Gulf of Maine. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, vol 53, no. 74
Robins, C. Richard, Ray, G. Carleton, Douglass, John, 1986,
A Field Guide to Atlantic Coast Fishes of North America,
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Name Server Information for Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus
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David Remsen
Adult. Size
approximately 8cm. |
David Remsen
Close up of
adult head. |
P.J.. Oldham
From Gray
Slide Collection |
P.J.. Oldham
From Gray
Slide
Collection | |
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