Recent evidence demonstrating the presence of two types of sensory hair cell in the ear of a teleost fish (Astronotus ocellatus, the oscar) indicates that hair cell heterogeneity may exist not only in amniotic vertebrates but also in anamniotes. Here we report that a similar heterogeneity between hair cell types may also occur in the other mechanosensory organ of the oscar, the lateral line. We...

[PDF] [Full Text] [Abstract] , January 8, 2001; 204 (15): 2691-2698. J. Exp. Biol. A. Shingles, D. J. McKenzie, E. W. Taylor, A. Moretti, P. J. Butler and S. Ceradini (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Effects of sublethal ammonia exposure on swimming performance in rainbow trout [PDF] [Full Text] [Abstract] , January 1, 2005; 85 (1): 97-177. Physiol Rev D. H. Evans, P. M. Piermarini and K. P. Choe Regu...

Auditory brainstem response (ABR) techniques, an electrophysiological far-®eld recording method widely used in clinical evaluation of human hearing, were adapted for ®shes to overcome the major limitations of traditional behavioral and electrophysiological methods (e.g., invasive surgery, lengthy training of ®shes, etc.) used for ®sh hearing research. Responses to clicks and tone bursts of di€e...

The physiological and behavioural responses of two size groups of oscar (Astronotus ocellatus) to hypoxia were studied. The physiological responses were tested by measuring M(O(2)) during decreasing environmental oxygen tensions. Larger oscars were better able to maintain oxygen consumption during a decrease in P(O(2)), regulating routine M(O(2)) to a significantly lower P(O(2)) threshold (50 m...

The sea slug Plakobranchus ocellatus (Sacoglossa, Gastropoda) retains photosynthetically active chloroplasts from ingested algae (functional kleptoplasts) in the epithelial cells of its digestive gland for up to 10 months. While its feeding behavior has not been observed in natural habitats, two hypotheses have been proposed: 1) adult P. ocellatus uses kleptoplasts to obtain photosynthates and ...