neuromast


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neuromast

[′nu̇r·ō‚mast]
(vertebrate zoology)
A lateral-line sensory organ in fishes and other lower vertebrates consisting of a cluster of receptor cells connected with nerve fibers.
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Within the sensory epithelium of a neuromast, the hair cells are oriented into two opposing directions that define the most sensitive axis of a neuromast (Flock & Wersall, 1962).
Morfologia externa del pez parasito Paravandelliaphaneronema (Miles 1943) (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) observada mediante imagenes de microscopia electronico de barrido
Supraorbital bar black, with distinctive narrow extension over the neuromast parietal series.
Austrolebias bagual a new species of annual fish cyprinodontiformes: rivulidae) from southern brazil
Estrogen receptor subtype 02 is involved in neuromast development in zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae.
Biosensor zebrafish provide new insights into potential health effects of environmental estrogens
[86] Arrangement of anterior supraorbital neuromasts (Costa 2004d) (CI: 1.00; RI: 1.00): (0) continuous row; (1) posteriormost neuromast separated by space covered by scale.
Relationships and taxonomy of the killifish genus Rivulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheiloidei: Rivulidae) from the Brazilian Amazonas river basin, with notes on historical ecology
Regeneration of Neuromast Hair Cells after Neomycin-Induced Hair Cell Damage.
Evaluation of the Hair Cell Regeneration in Zebrafish Larvae by Measuring and Quantifying the Startle Responses
Cephalic neuromasts: supraorbital 4 + 4, parietal 2, anterior rostral 1, posterior rostral 1, infraorbital 1 +1 + 1, preorbital 1, otic 1, postotic 1, preopercular 1, mandibular 2 or 4.
A new papiliokbias species teleostei: cyprinodontiformes: rivulidae from bolivian amazon
marmoratus (Poey), with which they share the presence of four neuromasts on the posterior supraorbital series, a long anterior nostril, and a bony laminar ventral process on the fifth ceratobranchial; K.
Redescription of Kryptolebias ocellatus (Hensel) and K. caudomarginatus (Seegers) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), two killifishes from mangroves of south-eastern Brazil
However, there is no information about neuromast in the larvae of these two species, except for the observation of small mechanoreceptor protuberances located along the sides of the body in larval anchoveta by Fischer (1958).
Desarrollo de neuromastos libres en larvas tempranas de Engraulis ringens y Strangomera bentincki (Teleostei, Clupeiformes)
Cephalic neuromasts usually are readily visible in gobiids and eleotrids including Microphilypnus and Leptophilypnus and their pattern may be helpful in recognition of taxa and their classification.
Leptophilypnion, a new genus with two new species of tiny central Amazonian gobioid fishes (Teleostei, Eleotridae)
Terminology for the cephalic neuromast series follows Scheel (1968) and Huber (2000) and for the frontal squamation Hoedeman (1958).
Nothobranchius kardashevi and Nothobranchius ivanovae (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae): two new annual killifishes from the Katuma River drainage, western Tanzania
Mechanical filtering by the boundary layer and fluid-structure interaction in the superficial neuromast of the fish lateral line system.
Swarming, diel movements, feeding and cleaning behavior of juvenile venomous eeltail catfishes, Plotosus lineatus and P. japonicus (Siluriformes: Plotosidae)
Terminology for the cephalic neuromast series follows Scheel (1968), and that for the frontal squamation as described in Hoedeman (1958).
Nothobranchius oestergaardi (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new annual killifish from Mweru Wantipa Lake drainage basin, northern Zambia

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