...C. M. Pace; A. C. Gibb SUMMARY Mudskippers use pectoral fins for their primary mode of locomotion on land and pectoral fins in conjunction with the axial musculature and caudal fin to move in water. We hypothesized that distinct pectoral fin movements enable effective locomotion in each environment...

.... Reproduction on mudflats requires protection of developing eggs from thermal and salinity extremes,O 2 shortage, dislodgement by currents, siltation and predation. Mudskippers are air-breathing, amphibious fishes, and one of few vertebrates that reside on mudflats. They lay their eggs in mud burrows containing...

...Yuen K. Ip; Mavis W. F. Leong; Mei Y. Sim; Gillian S. Goh; Wai P. Wong; Shit F. Chew SUMMARY The objective of this study was to elucidate if chronic and acute ammonia intoxication in mudskippers, Periophthalmodon schlosseri and Boleophthalmus boddaerti , were associated with high levels of ammonia...

...Heather J. Lee; Callie A. Martinez; Katherine J. Hertzberg; Amy L. Hamilton; Jeffrey B. Graham SUMMARY 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...

...Brook O. Swanson; Alice C. Gibb SUMMARY Escape responses in fishes are rapid behaviors that are critical for survival. The barred mudskipper ( Periophthalmus argentilineatus ) is an amphibious fish that must avoid predators in two environments. We compared mudskipper terrestrial and aquatic escapes...

...Yuen K. Ip; Chiat K. Lim; Serene L. M. Lee; Wai P. Wong; Shit F. Chew SUMMARY The objective of this study was to determine the effects of feeding on the excretory nitrogen (N) metabolism of the giant mudskipper, Periophthalmodon schlosseri , with special emphasis on the role of urea synthesis...

... 11 2003 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2004 2004 ammonia excretion permeability cholesterol fatty acid gill H + -ATPase lipid membrane membrane fluidity mudskipper Periophthalmodon schlosseri phospholipid proton pump skin The giant mudskipper...

...Yuen K. Ip; Cheng B. Lim; Shit F. Chew; Jonathan M. Wilson; David J. Randall ABSTRACT When the mudskipper Periophthalmodon schlosseri was exposed to terrestrial conditions under a 12 h:12 h dark:light regime the fish could be very active, and levels of total free amino acids increased significantly...

...Cheng B. Lim; Shit F. Chew; Paul M. Anderson; Yuen K. Ip ABSTRACT This study was designed to elucidate the strategies adopted by mudskippers to handle endogenous ammonia during aerial exposure in constant darkness. Under these conditions, specimens exhibited minimal locomotory activity...