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. 2021 Sep;24(9):1788-1799.
doi: 10.1111/ele.13785. Epub 2021 May 31.

The deep sea is a hot spot of fish body shape evolution

Christopher M Martinez  1 , Sarah T Friedman  1 , Katherine A Corn  1 , Olivier Larouche  2 , Samantha A Price  2 , Peter C Wainwright  1
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The deep sea is a hot spot of fish body shape evolution

Christopher M Martinez et al. Ecol Lett. 2021 Sep.

Abstract

Deep-sea fishes have long captured our imagination with striking adaptations to life in the mysterious abyss, raising the possibility that this cold, dark ocean region may be a key hub for physiological and functional diversification. We explore this idea through an analysis of body shape evolution across ocean depth zones in over 3000 species of marine teleost fishes. We find that the deep ocean contains twice the body shape disparity of shallow waters, driven by elevated rates of evolution in traits associated with locomotion. Deep-sea fishes display more frequent adoption of forms suited to slow and periodic swimming, whereas shallow living species are concentrated around shapes conferring strong, sustained swimming capacity and manoeuvrability. Our results support long-standing impressions of the deep sea as an evolutionary hotspot for fish body shape evolution and highlight that factors like habitat complexity and ecological interactions are potential drivers of this adaptive diversification.

Keywords: body shape; deep sea; disparity; evolution; fish; linear morphometrics; marine; ocean depth; rate of evolution; teleost.

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