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The Adaptive Radiation of Notothenioid Fishes in the Waters of Antarctica

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Fishes of the perciform suborder Notothenioidei, which dominate the ichthyofauna in the freezing waters surrounding the Antarctic continent, represent one of the prime examples of adaptive radiation in a marine environment. Driven by unique adaptations, such as antifreeze glycoproteins that lower their internal freezing point, notothenioids have not only managed to adapt to sub-zero temperatures and the presence of sea ice, but also diversified into over 130 species. We here review the current knowledge about the most prominent notothenioid characteristics, how these evolved during the evolutionary history of the suborder, how they compare between Antarctic and non-Antarctic groups of notothenioids, and how they could relate to speciation processes.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the editors and Joseph Eastman for valuable comments on the manuscript. The authors of this book chapter have been supported by funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF grants PBBSP3-138680 to MM and CRSII3-136293 to WS), the European Research Council (Starting Grant “INTERGENADAPT” to WS), the Volkswagen Foundation (grant I/83 548 to MM), and the German Research Foundation (grant HA 4328/4 to RH).

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  1. Zoological Institute, University of Basel, Vesalgasse 1, 4051, Basel, Switzerland

    Michael Matschiner, Marco Colombo, Santiago Ceballos & Walter Salzburger

  2. Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Michael Matschiner & Walter Salzburger

  3. Thünen Institute of Fisheries Ecology, Palmaille 9, 22767, Hamburg, Germany

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  4. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC), Bernardo A. Houssay 200, cp 9410, Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina

    Santiago Ceballos

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Matschiner, M., Colombo, M., Damerau, M., Ceballos, S., Hanel, R., Salzburger, W. (2015). The Adaptive Radiation of Notothenioid Fishes in the Waters of Antarctica. In: Riesch, R., Tobler, M., Plath, M. (eds) Extremophile Fishes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13362-1_3

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