Histology of the endothermic opah (Lampris sp.) suggests a new structure–function relationship in teleost fish bone
Endothermy, production and retention of heat by the body, appeared convergently in mammals, birds and four spiny-rayed teleost fish lineages. Of these, red-muscle endothermy over most or all of the body has only appeared in two groups: tunas and the opah (Lampris). Hitherto, tunas have been the only...
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Royal Society
2018
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