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Re: Belly-sliders

To: killietalk at aka_org
Subject: Re: Belly-sliders
From: Doug Karpa-Wilson <dkarpawi at indiana_edu>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 13:05:17 -0500
In-Reply-To: <SIMEON.10008011129.A at wattersb_uregina.ca>

>Doug Karpa-Wilson wrote:
>
>>
>> What exactly is a belly slider?  Is it just a fish that's got a
>> developmental problem with its swim bladder, and so can swim properly?
>>
>
>>Brian R. Watters replied:

>A belly-slider is a fish that has a defective swim bladder and is
>unable to swim properly, spending most of its time lying on the tank
>bottom on its belly, in some extreme cases perhaps even on its side.
>
>Belly-sliders have been the subject of considerable discussion on
>KillieTalk in the past so you might find it useful to search the
>KillieTalk archives on the topic.
>

I'll do that, thanks.  Don't know why I always forget about those archives.

Thanks for that *extrememly* informative post!

Doug

Doug Karpa Wilson

Department of Biology
Jordan Hall
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405


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