3.1 –Reproduction, senses and communication 3.2 – Reproduction, senses and communication Week 3
Chapter : Sensory Biology
Fish Eye
A fish’s view through the water surface
Specialized eye placements
Anableps
Periophthalmus
No eyes Third eye
Chapter 21 – Hearing, Balance, lateral line and electricity
Otic Region of the Skull
Inner Ear of a bony fish
Otolith
Neuromast organ (hair cell)
Weberian Apparatus Ostariophysian fishes
Herring, anchovies, sardines….
Lateral Line
Trunk and cephalic lateral line ratfish
Lateral Line
Electrosensory systems
Passive electrosensory systems
Ampulla of Lorenzini
Active electrosensory systems
Mormyridae (Osteoglossomorpha)
Magnetic field sensors?
Electrical Generation
Strong dischargers
Electric ray Electric stargazer
Strong dischargers Electric eel Electric catfish
Weak dischargers gymnotids mormyrids
Weak dischargers some rays electric eel
Fishes and sound
stridulation drumming
Trichopsis Croaking gourami
Chapter 22 – Chemosenses – Olfaction, taste and misc.
Taste (gustation) Olfaction
Olfactory rosette
External nares
Olfactory structures – basic anatomy
Olfactory rosette
lungfish Internal nares (choanae)
Deep sea angler fish
Taste (gustation)
Taste bud
Chapter 23 – A bit about feeding and food
Tooth bearing bones in fishes
Gill rakers
Basking shark Herring
Pharyngeal Jaws
Digestive tract
Lamprey Herbivorous fish
Chondrichthyes and lower bony fishes
Chapter 25 – Osmotic Balance
Marine Both Freshwater
Aquatic Tetrapods
Freshwater fish Saltwater fish
Freshwater fishes
Armor Scales
Lampreys Elasmobranchs Teleosts Freshwater
Freshwater Teleost Hypo-osmotic to environment
Hagfish
Marine Elasmobranch
Latimeria (living coelacanth)
Marine Teleost Hyperosmotic to environment
Diadromy
Anadromous
Catadromous
Coastal Marshes
Tidepools
“Seawater Farms Bringing Life from Deserts and Seawater” tilapia