Olfactory sensitivity to bile fluid and bile salts in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla), goldfish (Carassius auratus) and Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) suggests a 'broad range' sensitivity not confined to those produced by conspecifics alone

• Published in: Journal of Experimental Biology
• Main Authors: Huertas, Mar, Hagey, L., Hofmann, A.F., Cerdà, Joan, Canario, Adelino V. M., Hubbard, Peter C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Company of Biologists 2010
• Subjects: Eel; Goldfish; Tilapia; Bile acids; Bile fluid; Intra-specific identification; Inter-specific identification; Olfaction; Bia; Anguilla anguilla; European eel
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/79761; https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.033142

10 pages, 7 figures, 1 table Teleosts have high olfactory sensitivity to bile salts. To assess whether this phenomenon is involved in intra-specific chemical communication alone, or is part of a more `broad range' sensitivity to bile salts produced by heterospecifics, we investigated possible d...