Re: Oryzias latipes

["Scott Davis" <unclescott at prodigy_net>]

Wright wrote...

> There is one other difference
> beside the egg-cluster trick.
>
> As non-killies, the vascularization of the developing embryo is reported
> to be far more complex than in any killy...

Usually Wright would be tagging onto my comment about now. However there is
also another curious thing about the Medaka.

The Medakafish Home Page http://biol1.bio.nagoya-u.ac.jp:8000/

relates how an observer watched a pair spawn. No eggs were extruded. Later
the female was found carrying fertilized eggs. Evidentially at least on
occasion they can internally fertilize the eggs!

If you ramble through that site you will be able to one-up a lot of us. :)

All the best!

Scott


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