<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This research indicated that one cave fish species of <italic>Oreonectes jiarongensis</italic> can recover the transparent to black under the light condition, this species belongs to the <italic>Oreonectes</italic>, Nemacheilinae, and distributes in Libo County, Guizhou Province, China. The changing process time was 14 days. This is the first time that suggests the cave vertebrates which lived in the dark environment not longer time could change the body color in the light environment, and has a new adaptive strategy for the darkness condition. The result may indicate that this species entrance the underground river not so long time, and the genes not mutation, which control the melanin express, it still has the physiological regulation mechanism under the light condition.</p></abstract>

This research indicated that one cave fish species of Oreonectes jiarongensis can recover the transparent to black under the light condition, this species belongs to the Oreonectes, Nemacheilinae, and distributes in Libo County, Guizhou Province, China. The changing process time was 14 days. This is the first time that suggests the cave vertebrates which lived in the dark environment not longer time could change the body color in the light environment, and has a new adaptive strategy for the darkness condition. The result may indicate that this species entrance the underground river not so long time, and the genes not mutation, which control the melanin express, it still has the physiological regulation mechanism under the light condition.

The Cavefish <italic>Oreonectes jiarongensis</italic> can be Induced to Differentiate and Recover under the Light Condition

School of Life Sciences-Guizhou Normal University

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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The Cavefish  can be Induced to Differentiate and Recover under the Light Condition

This research indicated that one cave fish species of Oreonectes jiarongensis can recover the transparent to black under the light condition, this species...

The Cavefish Oreonectes jiarongensis can be Induced to Differentiate and Recover under the Light Condition

Published Online: Aug 22, 2017

Page range: 75 - 84

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2017-0022

Keywords
cavefish, light condition, body colour change

© 2017 Tielong Xu et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Cavefish Oreonectes jiarongensis can be Induced to Differentiate and Recover under the Light Condition

Published Online: Aug 22, 2017

Page range: 75 - 84

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2017-0022

Keywordscavefish, light condition, body colour change

© 2017 Tielong Xu et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
cavefish, light condition, body colour change