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17 Deep Sea Fishes Noct-Diurn Changeover.Pptx I. Deep Sea Fishes Deep Sea Fishes II. Nocturnal-Diurnal Changeover (Twilight) 19 cm black swallower with 86 cm snake mackerel in its stomach Definition of open ocean habitats Types of Deep Sea Fishes • Mesopelagic Bethopelagic Benthal • • Bathypelagic • Benthic Name Depth Largest habitat type on earth! Epipelagic 0-200 m (75% of ocean) Mesopelagic 200-1000 m Bathypelagic 1000-4000 m Deep Sea Abyssal 4000+ (up to 8000 m!) • Primary production via photosynthesis occurs only in epipelagic (euphotic) zone – where does the base of the food chain come from in the deep sea? 8000 m! Types of Deep Sea Fishes Convergent Evolution: • Mesopelagic (~750 species) • Bathypelagic (~200 species) Organisms exposed to similar selective pressures are • Benthal (Bethopelagic & Benthic) (~1000 species) likely to evolve similar adaptations Taxonomically diverse, but many common features: Selective Pressures in the deep sea: photophores (light emitting organs) large mouths • pressure dagger-like teeth • temperature lures • light • food thin bones • space enlarged, tubular, or reduced eyes Why?? 1 Pressure • every 10 m of depth adds 1 atm of pressure (14.7 lb/in2) surface = 1 atm Pressure (cont.) 10 m = 2 atm • at great pressures, volume of water & protein molecules 200 m = 21 atm decreases 1000 m = 101 atm 8000 m = 801 atm (12,000 lb/in2) -- affects rates of chemical reactions • presents challenges for using gas bladder solutions: solution: – close gas bladder duct (“secondary pysoclistous”) – proteins that are less sensitive to effects of pressure (found – longer rete mirable in deep meso- and bathypelagic species) – use lipids for buoyancy – reduce heavy tissues (bones & muscles) – eliminate gas bladder (benthal & bathypelagic) zone rete length (mm) epipelagic < 1 mm mesopelagic 1-7 mm bathypelagic 15-20 mm Temperature Light – the deep ocean is dim or dark • low & constant in deep areas (2-5º C in bathypelagic region) • up to 20º C difference for vertical migrators Consequences: –species usually found in specific temperatures regardless of latitude (i.e., different depths) –vertical migrators have more DNA per cell, possibly for multiple enzyme systems for different temps. temperature fishes 10-20º C Myctophids; Stomiidae zone 5-10 Sternoptychids; pale Cyclothone epipelagic euphotic 2-4 Ceratioid anglers; dark Cyclothone mesopelagic twilight bathypelagic sunless Adaptations for low-light or no-light Food • Food is scarce, patchy, and unpredictable in the deep sea Mesopelagic Bathypelagic • must be able to… • large eyes • small eyes (for photophore 1. go long periods without food detection • pure rod retinas (max ) 2. obtain any food available sensitivity to blue-green) • free neuromasts fangtooth (Anoplogastridae) • eye elongation • use of other senses (e.g., barrel eye) (e.g., olfaction) Adaptations: • bioluminescence • daggar-like teeth (5 superorders + Squaliformes) • huge mouths • huge stomachs Overall: • pectoral girdle free from -- more sensitive eyes (15-30 x more than humans) skull in some species -- can detect light deeper than human eyes • lures 2 Lures Going long periods without food: adaptations for energy conservation in deep sea fishes illicium esca • low metabolism • bone loss and reduction • loss of scales • reduction in musculature Space female Male Cyclothone have highly • the deep ocean is vast & densities of fishes are extremely low developed olfactory abilities -- hard to find food & mates -- e.g., 1 female ceratioid anglerfish per 800,000 m3 (a football in a darkened stadium) sexual dimorphism related to mate finding… Males: Females: • small • large • large olfactory organs • small olfactory organs • red muscle • white muscle male • highly developed eyes • poorly developed eyes • high lipid reserves • low lipid reserves • also protandrous sex change in Cyclothone • simultaneous hermaphroditism in some groups Mesopelagic (~750 species) (superorders, orders, & families) Elopomorpha – Notacanthiformes (Notacanthidae) – Anguiliformes (Nemichthyidae; Synaphobranchidae) Taxa of Deep Sea Fishes Protacanthopterygii – Argentiformes (Microstomatidae; Opisthoproctidae; Alepocephalidae; Platytroctidae) Stenopterygii – Stomiiformes (Gonostomatidae; Sternoptychidae; Stomiidae) Cyclosquamata – Aulopiformes (Giganturidae; Synodontidae; Paralepididae; Evermannellidae; Alepisauridae) Scopelomorpha – Myctophiformes (Myctophidae; Neoscopelidae) Lampriomorpha – Lampriformes (Stylephoridae) Acanthopterygii – Stephanoberyciformes (Mirapinnidae) – Perciformes (Chiasmodontidae; Gempylidae) 3 Bathypelagic (~200 species) Elopomorpha Benthal (Bethopelagic & Benthic) (~1000 species) –Anguiliformes (Nemichthyidae; Serrivomeridae; Elopomorpha Saccopharyngidae; Eurypharyngidae) – Notacanthiformes (Notacanthidae; Halosauridae) Protacanthopterygii – Anguiliformes (Synaphobranchidae) – Argentiformes (Alepocephalidae) Cyclosquamata Stenopterygii – Aulopiformes (Chloropthalmidae; Ipnopidae) – Stomiiformes (Gonostomatidae) Paracanthopterygii Paracanthopterygii – Gadiformes (Merluccidae; Moridae; Macrouridae) – Gadiformes (Melanonidae; Macrouridae) – Ophidiiformes (Ophididae; Bythitidae; Aphyonidae) – Ophidiiformes (Ophididae; Bythitidae) – Lophiiformes (Ogcocephalidae) – Lophiiformes (Ceratiidae) Acanthopterygii Acanthopterygii – Beryciformes (Caproidae) – Stephanoberyciformes (Melamphaidae; Stephanoberycidae; – Scorpaeniformes (Liparidae) Cetomimidae) – Perciformes (Zoarcidae; Bathydaconidae) – Beryciformes (Anoplogastridae) – Perciformes (Chiasmodontidae) Elopomorpha Anguiliformes, Nemichthyidae (snipe eels) Mesopelagic Fishes PROTACANTHOPTERYGII PROTACANTHOPTERYGII Argentifomres, Opisthoproctidae (barrel eye) Argentiformes, Microstomatidae Bathylagus large eyes Tubular eyes for light sensitivity and depth perception 4 STENOPTERYGII STENOPTERYGII (all deep sea) • Sternoptychidae Stomiiformes (hatchetfishes) Stomiidae (barbeled dragonfishes) Light Production: • symbiotic bacteria • luciferase Bioluminescence has evolved in 5 Superorders & >500 spp. CYCLOSQUAMATA (Protacanthopterygii, Stenopterygii, Scopelomorpha, Paracanthopterygii, (cyclo = cycloid scales) Acanthopterygii + Squaliformes) – Sex recognition • almost entirely deep sea fishes – Species recognition (like fireflies) • up to 2 m loosejaws (Stomiidae) may have their own private communication channel: produce and detect red light SCOPELOMORPHA Superorder Lampriomorpha “Strange Jaws” • all deep sea • ctenoid scales dragonfish larvae Myctophidae (lanternfishes) • diverse group >200 spp. • deep scattering layer (gas bladder reflection) • taxonomy based on photophore patterns • tube eyes • 40 fold expansion of mouth volume during plankton feeding! 5 LAMPRIOMORPHA, Regalecidae 8 m long! little known Bathypelagic Fishes Elopomorpha, Saccopharyngiformes (gulper eel) STENOPTERYGII, Gonostomatidae (bristlemouths) • huge mouth • no opercular bones, branchiostegal rays, scales, pelvic fins, ribs, gas bladder, etc. • most abundant and widely distributed vertebrates on earth! • “Perhaps the most anatomically modified of all vertebrate species” - Joe Nelson • representatives in both mesopelagic and bathypelagic Paracanthopterygii, Gadiformes, Macrouridae (grenadiers/rattails) Paracanthopterygii, Lophiiformes Deep Sea Anglerfishes (Ceratioid Anglerfishes) • Diverse group: 150+ spp. • Lures • What sex? 6 • males are small (males 2-4 cm max, females normally 10x longer than males, up to > 1 m long) • neither sex matures until the male has attached Benthopelagic and Benthic Fishes Squaliformes (to 1000 m) Cyclosquamata, Aulopiformes - tripodfishes (Ipnopidae) (prickly dogfish, Oxynotus bruniensis) Acanthopterygii Paracanthopterygii Scorpaeniformes Ophidiiformes fathead sculpins (Pyschrolutidae) Ophidiidae Deepest fish known is a cusk eel, Abyssobrotula (8370 m) 7 Acanthopterygii Acanthopterygii Scorpaeniformes Perciformes snailfishes (Liparidae) Zoarcidae (eelpouts) Diel Variation in Fish Activity Periods • Diurnal (day-active): 50-66% of fishes II. Light, Vision, & Ecology • Nocturnal (night active): 25-33% • Crepuscular (dawn and dusk): 10% Diel light patterns are strong and predictable Coral reefs have the strongest patterns of & cause strong temporal patterns in fish activity diurnal-nocturnal changes in fish assemblage • family-level patterns – most families are diurnal – key nocturnal families: • Apogonidae • Holocentridae • Muraenidae Light Intensity Time 8 Diurnal families diurnal zooplanktivorous fishes • Brightly colored • huge stationary schools • Schooling or Territorial • visual feeders on small plankton • Herbivorous (all herbivores are diurnal) • predator detection (many eyes) Damselfishes Parrotfishes (Scaridae) (Pomacentridae) anthias (Serranidae) Rabbitfishes (Siganidae) wrasses (Labridae) Surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae) Nocturnal Fishes Zooplanktivores (cont.) • ecological replacement sets for most diurnal groups Zooplanktivores Squirrelfishes (Holocentridae) Why don’t nocturnal fishes form large schools? Bigeyes (Priacanthidae) Zooplanktivores (cont.) Haemulidae (Grunts) • large daytime resting schools Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) • forage in sand and seagrass at night 9 Nocturnal Predators Diurnal and Nocturnal Fishes-Summary • more schooling in the day (both prey and predators) • diurnal species more colorful • no cleaner fishes or herbivores at night, but ecological replacement sets for other groups mucous cocoon may protect parrotfishes from predators that use olfaction Sequence of events on a coral reef at dusk: 1. migration of diurnal fishes (vertical or horizontal) 2. quiet period 3. shelter seeking (site fidelity) 4. emergence of nocturnal fishes Family-level patterns: related to visual abilities cover seeking/emergence cover seeking/emergence diurnal spp The quiet period (~15-30 min after sunset) nocturnal spp 10 Why is this a dangerous time to be in the water? • Reaction distance of prey is shorter during twilight Diurnal Eyes (many small cones) • high light levels • resolution • Predators have intermediate eyes • motion detection • color vision visual advantage at twilight! Nocturnal Eyes (rod dominated, few large cones) • light capture 11 .
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