Different oxygen consumption rates by the longhorn sculpin Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus in an apparatus designed for shipboard use

Baseline respiration and spontaneous activity of sluggish marine tropical fish of the family Scorpaenidae

“…In contrast to common belief, stomach evacuation rates proved to be rather low. While Crawford (1978) reported complete gut evacuation rates for boreal scorpeanids to be < 6 d, we found faeces even 14 d after the last meal in the aquarium. Food retention time for these tropical fishes might be much longer than believed so far, and they might be capable of surviving extended periods of scarce food availability by reducing their metabolism as well.…”