195
Schulz-Mirbach T, Riesch R, Garcia de Leon FJ, Plath M (2011b) Effects of extreme habitat
conditions on otolith morphology – a case study on extremophile livebearing fi shes ( Poecilia
mexicana , P. sulphuria ). Zoology (Jena) 114:321–334
Sharma S, Coombs S, Patton P, de Perera T (2009) The function of wall-following behaviors in the
Mexican blind cavefi sh and a sighted relative, the Mexican tetra Astyanax . J Comp Physiol A
Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 195:225–240
Soares D, Niemiller ML (2013) Sensory adaptations of fi shes to subterranean environments.
Bioscience 63:274–283
Trajano E (1991) Population ecology of Pimelodella kronei , troglobitic catfi sh from Southeastern
Brazil (Siluriformes, Pimelodiae). Environ Biol Fishes 30:407–421
Trajano E (1997) Population ecology of Trichomycterus itacarambiensis , a cave catfi sh from
eastern Brazil (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae). Environ Biol Fishes 50:357–369
Trajano E (2001) Ecology of subterranean fi shes: an overview. Environ Biol Fishes 62:133–160
Williams PW, Ford DC (2006) Global distribution of carbonate rocks. Zeitschrift für
Geomorphologie 147 (suppl.): 1–2
Windsor SP, Tan D, Montgomery JC (2008) Swimming kinematics and hydrodynamic imaging in
the blind Mexican cave fi sh ( Astyanax fasciatus ). J Exp Biol 211:2950–2959
Yoshizawa M, Goricki S, Soares D, Jeffery WR (2010) Evolution of a behavioral shift mediated by
superfi cial neuromasts helps cavefi sh fi nd food in darkness. Curr Biol 20:1631–1636
Hearing in Cavefi shes
Schulz-Mirbach T, Riesch R, Garcia de Leon FJ, Plath M (2011b) Effects of extreme habitat
conditions on otolith morphology – a case study on extremophile livebearing fi shes ( Poecilia
mexicana , P. sulphuria ). Zoology (Jena) 114:321–334
Sharma S, Coombs S, Patton P, de Perera T (2009) The function of wall-following behaviors in the
Mexican blind cavefi sh and a sighted relative, the Mexican tetra Astyanax . J Comp Physiol A
Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 195:225–240
Soares D, Niemiller ML (2013) Sensory adaptations of fi shes to subterranean environments.
Bioscience 63:274–283
Trajano E (1991) Population ecology of Pimelodella kronei , troglobitic catfi sh from Southeastern
Brazil (Siluriformes, Pimelodiae). Environ Biol Fishes 30:407–421
Trajano E (1997) Population ecology of Trichomycterus itacarambiensis , a cave catfi sh from
eastern Brazil (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae). Environ Biol Fishes 50:357–369
Trajano E (2001) Ecology of subterranean fi shes: an overview. Environ Biol Fishes 62:133–160
Williams PW, Ford DC (2006) Global distribution of carbonate rocks. Zeitschrift für
Geomorphologie 147 (suppl.): 1–2
Windsor SP, Tan D, Montgomery JC (2008) Swimming kinematics and hydrodynamic imaging in
the blind Mexican cave fi sh ( Astyanax fasciatus ). J Exp Biol 211:2950–2959
Yoshizawa M, Goricki S, Soares D, Jeffery WR (2010) Evolution of a behavioral shift mediated by
superfi cial neuromasts helps cavefi sh fi nd food in darkness. Curr Biol 20:1631–1636
Hearing in Cavefi shes