Patterns of saccular afferent innervation in sciaenids

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Selckmann, G. M., Ramcharitar, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2013
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Red drum; Sciaenops ocellatus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12207; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjfb.12207; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jfb.12207

In this study, saccular afferent arborization patterns in Atlantic croaker Micropogonias undulatus , red drum Sciaenops ocellatus and spot Leiostomus xanthurus were characterized. Leiostomus xanthurus showed the simplest configuration while M. undulatus displayed the most complex. In addition, hair‐cell densities at sites sampled along the rostro‐caudal axis of the saccular epithelia correlated with the observed patterns of arborization.