Sense organs development in larvae of the Sultan fish Leptobarbus hoevenii

• Main Authors: Lim, Leong Seng, Au, Hsein‑Loong, Thumronk Amornsakun, Poramat Musikarun, Hon, Jung Liew, Kian, Ann Tan, Mohammad Tamrin Mohamad Lal, Yukinori Mukai, Gunzo Kawamura
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Springer Nature 2022
• Subjects: QL614-639.8 Fishes
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34265/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34265/3/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34265/; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12562-022-01602-4.pdf; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12562-022-01602-4

At hatching, the sense organs of the Leptobarbus hoevenii larvae were morphologically immature. However, these sense organs had developed and became functional (including first occurrence of the intra-oral taste buds) to facilitate the larval first exogenous feeding at 3 days post-hatching (dph), be...