Talk:Amblyopsidae

Feeding

Hey, what do cave fish eat? I must know!! Please tell me!! Or maybe add it to the article!! Thanks!

Sight

Who robs them of their sight?

WE DO! WE DO! lol I wondered when someone was going to say that. I might mention something about it in this article. CyberRaptor 22:00, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

now.. for those who are still clueless - how exactly are they robbed of sight? i dunno - but here's the best research on masonic junk i could find

http://honorablepassion.wiki.com/Steps/

There was a spoof done on The Simpsons of the Freemasons, in which there is a secret society called the Stonecutters sing a drinking song that contains those words.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_the_Great

The song goes: “Who controls the British crown? Who keeps the metric system down? We do! We do! Who leaves Atlantis off the maps? Who keeps the Martians under wraps? We do! We do! Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star? We do! We do! Who robs the cave fish of their sight? Who rigs every Oscar night? We do! We do!”

Confusion in statements

I cleaned up this section the best that I could, but two statements are unclear to me, and somebody with the scientific knowledge, or at least familiarity with the japanese article referenced, will need to determine how to rephrase these statements:

Breeding only once a year, occuping about 10% of the population, 40-60 have reached sexual maturity

Does this mean that only 10% of the population will be breading at any time ? And so does that also mean that this translates to 40-60 actual fish ? That would mean that this statement comes from a specific part of the reference that was looking at a specific population in a study ... You can't make an assumption about that statement without knowing the research, or what the author intended.

Also the period growth is slower and reach sexual maturity after hatching, having a long life

Does this mean that it takes them a long time to grow and reach maturity after hatching and they live for a long time, meaning allowing them to reproduce starting later than usual but continue reproducing longer than usual, or that they reach maturity right away after hatching ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bioevolution (talk • contribs) 19:53, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

It seems like it does imply that only 10% have reached sexual maturity (totaling 40-60), and those are the ones that can breed. It would be great to have some clarification, though. I also think the second part implies that they have a difficult time reaching sexual maturity, with many of them being killed before they can actually reproduce. If, however, they are able to reach that point, then their chances of surviving many years increases drastically. Something like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_table. Cleanelephant (talk) 21:20, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Evolution

I took out the part that said they evolved from their above-ground counterparts, without stating what the counterparts are. Because animals started in water and gradually moved to land, this didn't make any sense unless someone has a reference that shows their evolution going from water to ground back to water and wanted to cite this. Cleanelephant (talk) 21:14, 12 December 2011 (UTC)