White background reduces the occurrence of staining, activates melanin-concentrating hormone and promotes somatic growth in barfin flounder

Aquaculture

Volumn 244, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 323-329

  Yamanome, Takeshi ^a   Amano, Masafumi ^b   Takahashi, Akiyoshi ^b  

^a IWATE FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Background; Barfin flounder; Malpigmentation; Somatic growth

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE;

MAMMALIA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; VERASPER MOSERI;

EID: 12744261570     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2004.11.020     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. M. Amano, A. Takahashi, Y. Oka, T. Yamanome, H. Kawauchi, and K. Yamamori Immunocytochemical localization and ontogenic development of melanin-concentrating hormone in the brain of a pleuronectiform fish, the barfin flounder Cell Tissue Res. 311 2003 71 77
2. B.I. Baker The role of melanin-concentrating hormone in color change Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 680 1993 279 289
3. B.I. Baker, D.J. Bird, and J.C. Buckingham Effects of chronic administration of melanin-concentrating hormone on corticotrophin, melanotrophin, and pigmentation in the trout Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 63 1986 626 629
4. D. Burton, and J.E. Vokey The relative in vitro responsiveness of melanophores of winter flounder to α-MSH and MCH J. Fish Biol. 56 2000 1192 1200
5. A. Estevez, T. Kaneko, T. Seikai, R.M. Dores, M. Tagawa, and M. Tanaka Ontogeny of ACTH and MSH cells in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) in relation to albinism Aquaculture 202 2001 131 143
6. N. Iwata, and K. Kikuchi Effects of sandy substrate and light on hypermelanosis of the blind side in cultured Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus Environ. Biol. Fishes 52 1998 291 297
7. H. Kawauchi, I. Kawazoe, M. Tsubokawa, M. Kishida, and B.I. Baker Characterization of melanin-concentrating hormone in chum salmon pituitaries Nature 305 1983 321 323
8. M. Kishida, B.I. Baker, and A.N. Eberle The measurement of melanin-concentrating hormone in trout blood Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 74 1989 221 229
9. G.E. Pickford, and B. Kosto Hormonal induction of melanogenesis in hypophysectomized killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) Endocrinology 61 1957 177 196
10. D. Qu, D.S. Ludwig, S. Gammeltoft, M. Piper, M.A. Pelleymounter, M.J. Cullen, W.F. Mathes, R. Przypek, R. Kanarek, and E. Maratos-Flier A role for melanin-concentrating hormone in the central regulation of feeding behavior Nature 380 1996 243 247
11. R.R. Stickney, and D.B. White Ambicoloration in tank cultured flounder, Paralichthys dentatus Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 104 1975 158 160
12. M. Suzuki, Y.K. Narnaware, B.I. Baker, and A. Levy Influence of environmental colour and diurnal phase on MCH gene expression in the trout J. Neuroendocrinol. 7 1995 319 328
13. A. Takahashi, K. Tsuchiya, T. Yamanome, M. Amano, A. Yasuda, K. Yamamori, and H. Kawauchi Possible involvement of melanin-concentrating hormone in food intake in a teleost fish, barfin flounder Peptides 25 2004 1613 1622
14. G.J. van Eys, and P.T. Peters Evidence for a direct role of α-MSH in morphological background adaptation of the skin in Sarotherodon mossambicus Cell Tissue Res. 217 1981 272 361