Gilled cyanurus adult

[edward]

Here is an adult cyanurus I raised up from an egg. It retained its gills the entire time and is now sexually mature..

Ed

 

[jennifer]

Interesting. I'll be interested to see whether it keeps those gill stubs or whether they eventually recede.

 

[TJ]

That's interesting also because C. cyanurus is said to be closely related to C. wolterstorffi, sharing many morphological characteristics with it. Most smaller juveniles and sometimes adults of that presumably extinct species were known to have gill vestiges. I don't know though how common this is with C. cyanurus (probably not so common as I've never heard about individuals of this species retaining of gill slits into adulthood until now).

Anyway, best of luck with it and update us from time to time!

(Message edited by TJ on January 15, 2006)

 

[kieron]

nice pics would like to know if it will kept its gills

(Message edited by kj1 on January 15, 2006)

 

[edward]

I have at least one more offspring (from this one) that looks like it will retain its gills.

The length of the gills has been stable for several months now and hasn't changed since metamorphosis (this one didn't even attempt a terrestrial phase).

Ed

 

[kieron]

o cool well done

is it normal for them to do that