Ochlerotatus baisasi was observed and photographed feeding on a mudskipper (Periophthalmus argentilineatus). Origin of blood meals in the stomachs of female mosquitoes collected at burrows of land crabs and mud lobsters in the mangrove forests of Oura, Okinawa, and Komi, Iriomote (the Ryukyu Islands), was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to be from a fish source.

The genus Pelenomus Thomson from China is revised and six species are found occurring in China. Among them, P. curvatus, sp. nov. is described from Yunnan province, and four species are newly recorded from China: P waltoni (Boheman, 1843), P. canaliculatus (Fåhraeus, 1843), P. quadricorniger (Colonnelli, 1986) and P roelofsi (Hustache, 1916). Taxonomic diagnosis, habitus photos, detailed illust...

Gelodok or mudskipper fish are unique that have the ability to live in both aquatic and terrestrial areas. Some Indonesian who coastal areas use this for consumption. Types of abundant Indonesia from genera Boleophtalmus, Periophthalmodon Periophthalmus, where not all types been studied their nutritional content. The aim study was analyze content Boleophthalmus boddarti Periophthalmus variabili...

A laboratory burrow and mudflat system was used to examine aspects of burrow air-phase maintenance and utilization by the amphibious mudskipper Scartelaos histophorus. While confined to its burrow during simulated 'high tide', this species respires both aquatically and aerially, in the latter case utilizing an air phase it had established by transporting air into the burrow during simulated 'lo...

Widespread and large populations of the non-native eastern Pacific ophiuroid brittle star Ophiothela mirabilis now occur in southeastern Florida, extending range this recently introduced species from southern Brazil northward to Caribbean Sea Florida. The Florida stars, representing two lineages, are epibionts on shallow (3–18 m depth), tropical/subtropical plexaurid (e.g., Eunicea spp., Murice...

The Lhasa River is one of the five tributaries Yarlung Zangbo River. It main industrial, agricultural and animal husbandry area in Tibet. plays an important ecological security barrier role regulating regional climate maintaining biodiversity. In order to understand resource utilization ability relationship fish River, provide basic data for protection sustainable diversity fishery resources Se...

Adhesive apparatus is the modifications of the skin of the ventral surface. Fast water current is the single most important limiting factor deciding the occurrence and survival of fauna and flora unless equipped with special adaptive features to with-stand the vicissitudes of nature. In hillstream fishes, the presence of adaptive modifications in their body organization is of prime importance f...

Few vertebrates capture prey in both the aquatic and the terrestrial environment due to the conflicting biophysical demands of feeding in water versus air. The Atlantic mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus) is known to be proficient at feeding in the terrestrial environment and feeds predominately in this environment. Given the considerable forward flow of water observed during the mouth-opening...