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cavefish in British English (ˈkeɪvˌfɪʃ) nounWord forms: plural -fish or -fishesany of various small freshwater cyprinodont fishes of the genera Amblyopsis, Chologaster, etc, living in subterranean and other waters in S North America See also blindfish cavefish in American English (ˈkeivˌfɪʃ) nounWord forms: plural esp collectively -fish or esp referring to two or more kinds or species -fishesany of several fishes that live in cave waters, as species of the genus Amblyopsis, having no body pigment and rudimentary, functionless eyes Word origin [1870–75; cave + fish]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Victorian, billing, linkage, onshore, washoutExamples of 'cavefish' in a sentencecavefish Furthermore, one of two short-wavelength-sensitive opsins was expressed at significantly higherlevels in the cavefish.This approach, supported by learning data, uses blind cavefish as an example.Prior studies of cranial asymmetry in cavefish focused strictly on adult specimens.Interestingly, we discovered that cavefish also exhibit directional “bends” in skull shape, almost always biased to the left.In sum, this work reveals that asymmetric craniofacial aberrations emerge later in the cavefish life history.Thus, the extent to which these asymmetries emerge in adulthood, or earlier in the lifehistory of cavefish, was unknown.Similar to cavefish, knockout of lrrc10 in zebrafish impairs heart regeneration without affecting wound cardiomyocyte proliferation.Furthermore, this study highlights interactions present between sensory systems during early development and sheds light on the cavefish phenotype.This study expands our knowledge of the genetic architecture underlying activity differences in surface and cavefish. Word lists withcavefish Types of fish |