speleophil

speleophil
1) a reproductive guild (q.v.) in which a few, large adhesive eggs are hidden in crevices in caves. There is extensive embryonic respiratory plexuses and the emerging larvae are large, e.g. Astyanax mexicanus
2) a reproductive guild (q.v.) including cavity roof nesters with moderately developed embryonic respiratory structures, e.g. Pimephales notatus, and bottom burrow nesters having strongly developed embryonic respiratory structures, e.g. Acarichthys heckeli

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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  • reproductive guild — a group of unrelated fishes with a similar form of reproduction, e.g. on substrates such as rocks and gravel (lithophil), in open water (pelagophil), on plants both living and dead (phytophil), on sand (psammophil), in holes and crevices… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

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