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Most flounders sampled in Lake Pulmanki in northern Finland had spent their entire lives in freshwater. Study provide the first evidence of fully freshwater confined life of species. European flounders (Platichthys flesus) are marine fish that often move into river mouths to feed. They are considered to return to marine or brackish water to reproduce. An international research team has shown that the flounders of Lake Pulmanki are an exception: they can complete their entire life cycle in freshwater. Lake Pulmanki is a former Arctic Ocean fjord that became a freshwater lake after the last ice age and is currently connected to sea via 60 km long river section. Cracking a 50-Year-Old Mystery When flounders were first documented in Lake Pulmanki in the 1970s, researchers could not explain their presence. The fish could have been migrating to the lake to feed and returning to the Barents Sea to spawn. Alternatively, flounders could have adapted to a full freshwater life cycle. Two lines of evidence The team approached the question in two ways. Using otolith microchemistry, the researchers analysed otoliths, small bony structures in a fish's inner ear that help it sense balance and movement. As otoliths grow, their chemical composition...

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Most flounders sampled in Lake Pulmanki in northern Finland had spent their entire lives in freshwater. The study provides the first evidence of the species living entirely in freshwater. The work is ...

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Most flounders sampled in Lake Pulmanki in northern Finland had spent their entire lives in freshwater. The study provides the first evidence of the species living entirely in freshwater. The work is ...

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Most flounders sampled in Lake Pulmanki in northern Finland had spent their entire lives in freshwater. The study provides the first evidence of the species living entirely in freshwater. The work is published in Evolution.

Most flounders sampled in Lake Pulmanki in northern Finland had spent their entire lives in freshwater. Study provide the first evidence of fully freshwater confined life of species.

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