Olfactory sensitivity of the Mozambique tilapia to conspecific odours

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1239-1254

  Frade, P ^a   Hubbard, P C ^a   Barata, E N ^a,b   Canario A V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bile; Chemical communication; Cichlid; Electro olfactogram (EOG); Faeces; Urine

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; FECES; FISH; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; URINE;

CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 0036870150     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2002.tb02468.x     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Barlow, G. W. (1991). Mating systems among cichlid fishes. In Cichlid Fishes: Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution (Keenleyside, M. H. A., ed.), pp. 173-190. London: Chapman & Hall.
2. Bjerselius, R., Li, W., Teeter, J. H., Seelye, J. G., Johnsen, P. B., Maniak, P. J., Grant, G. C., Polkinghorne, C. N. & Sorensen, P. W. (2000). Direct behavioral evidence that unique bile acids released by larval sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) function as a migratory pheromone. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57, 557-569.
3. Bruton, M. N. & Boltt, R. E. (1975). Aspects of the biology of Tilapia mossambica Peters (Pieces: Cichlidae) in a natural freshwater lake (Lake Sibaya, South Africa). Journal of Fish Biology 7, 423-445.
4. Dillon, R. J., Vennard, C. T. & Charnley, A. K. (2000). Exploitation of gut bacteria in the locust. Nature 403, 851.
5. Døving, K. B., Nordeng, H. & Oakley, B. (1974). Single unit discrimination of fish odours released by char (Salmo alpinus L.) populations. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 47A, 1051-1063.
6. Fishelson, L. (1997). Comparative ontogenesis and cytomorphology of the nasal organs in some species of cichlid fish (Cichlidae, Teleostei). Journal of Zoology 243, 281-294.
7. Giaquinto, P. C. & Volpato, G. L. (1997). Chemical communication, aggression, and conspecific recognition in the fish Nile tilapia. Physiology and Behavior 62, 1333-1338.
8. Hara, T. J. (1994). The diversity of chemical stimulation in fish olfaction and gustation. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 4, 1-35.
9. Karnaky, K. J. Jr (1998). Osmotic and ionic regulation. In The Physiology of Fishes, 2nd Edn (Evans, D. H., ed.), pp. 157-176. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
10. Keenleyside, M. H. A. (1991). Parental care. In Cichlid Fishes: Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution (Keenleyside, M. H. A., ed.), pp. 191-208. London: Chapman & Hall.
11. Li, W. & Sorensen, P. W. (1997). Highly independent olfactory receptor sites for naturally occurring bile acids in the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 180, 429-438.
12. Li, W., Sorensen, P. W. & Gallaher, D. D. (1995). The olfactory system of migratory adult sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is specifically and acutely sensitive to unique bile acids released by conspecific larvae. Journal of General Physiology 105, 569-587.
13. Lo, Y. H., Bellis, S. L., Cheng, L.-J., Pang, J., Bradley, T. M. & Rhoads, D. E. (1994). Signal transduction for taurocholic acid in the olfactory system of Atlantic salmon. Chemical Senses 19, 371-380.
14. Oliveira, R. F., Almada, V. C. & Canario, A. V. M. (1996). Social modulation of sex steroid concentrations in the urine of male cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus. Hormones and Behavior 30, 2-12.
15. Polkinghorne, C. N., Olson, J. N., Gallaher, D. G. & Sorensen, P. W. (2001). Larval sea lamprey release two unique bile acids to the water at a rate sufficient to produce detectable riverine pheromone plumes. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 24, 15-30.
16. Robinson, R. R., Fernald, R. D. & Stacey, N. E. (1998). The olfactory system of a cichlid fish responds to steroidal compounds. Journal of Fish Biology 53, 226-229.
17. Scott, A. P. & Sorensen, P. W. (1994). Time course of release of pheromonally active gonadal steroids and their conjugates by ovulatory goldfish. General and Comparative Endocrinology 96, 309-323.
18. Selset, R. & Døving, K. B. (1980). Behaviour of mature anadromous char (Salmo alpinus L.) towards odorants produced by smolts of their own population. Acta Physiologica Scandanavia 108, 113-122.
19. Smith, J. F. (1992). Alarm signals in fishes. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 2, 33-63.
20. Sorensen, P. W. & Caprio, J. (1998). Chemoreception. In The Physiology of Fishes, 2nd edn (Evans, D. H., ed.), pp. 375-405. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
21. Sorensen, P. W. & Goetz, F. W. (1993). Pheromonal and reproductive function of F prostaglandins and their metabolites in teleost fish. Journal of Lipid Mediators 6, 385-393.
22. Sorensen, P. W. & Stacey, N. E. (1999). Evolution and specialization of fish hormonal pheromones. In Advances in Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (Johnston, R. E., Müller-Schwarze, D. & Sorensen, P. W., eds), pp. 15-47. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
23. Sorensen, P. W., Hara, T. J. & Stacey, N. E. (1987). Extreme olfactory sensitivity of mature and gonadally-regressed goldfish to a potent steroidal pheromone, 17a,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 160, 305-313.
24. Sorensen, P. W., Hara, T. J., Stacey, N. E. & Goetz, F. W. M. (1988). F prostaglandins function as potent olfactory stimulants that comprise the postovulatory female sex pheromone in goldfish. Biology of Reproduction 39, 1039-1050.
25. Sorensen, P. W., Scott, A. P., Stacey, N. E. & Bowdin, L. (1995). Sulfated 17,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one functions as a potent and specific olfactory stimulant with pheromonal actions in the goldfish. General and Comparative Endocrinology 100, 128-142.
26. Vermeirssen, E. L. M. & Scott, A. P. (1996). Excretion of free and conjugated steroids in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Evidence for branchial excretion of the maturation-inducing steroid, 17,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one. General and Comparative Endocrinology 101, 180-194.
27. Vermeirssen, E. L. M. & Scott, A. P. (2001). Male priming pheromone is present in bile, as well as in urine, of female rainbow trout. Journal of Fish Biology 58, 1039-1045. doi: 10.1006/jfbi.2000.1508
28. Wilson, R. W., Gilmour, K. M., Henry, R. P. & Wood, C. M. (1996). Intestinal base excretion in the sea-water adapted rainbow trout: A role in acid-base balance? Journal of Experimental Biology 199, 2331-2343.
29. Zeiske, E., Theisen, B. & Breuker, H. (1992). Structure, development and evolutionary aspects of the peripheral olfactory system. In Fish Chemoreception (Hara, T. J., ed.), pp. 13-39. London: Chapman & Hall.
30. Zhang, C., Brown, S. B. & Hara, T. J. (2001). Biochemical and physiological evidence that bile acids produced and released by lake char (Salvelinus namaycush) function as chemical signals. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 171, 161-171.