Alteration of the brood pouch morphology during gestation of male seahorses, Hippocampus kuda

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 497-502

  Laksanawimol, Parichart ^a   Damrongphol, Praneet ^a,b   Kruatrachue, Maleeya ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Embryo; Reproductive season; Syngnathidae

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; EMBRYO; FISH; MORPHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); HIPPOCAMPUS KUDA;

EID: 33746238764     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF05112     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Azzarello, M. Y. (1991). Some questions concerning the Syngnathidae brood pouch. Bulletin of Marine Science 49, 741-747.
2. Bereiter-Hahin, J., Richards, K. S., Elsner, L., and Voth, M. (1980). Composition and formation of flame cells cap: A substratum for the attachment of microorganisms to seahorse epidermis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 79B, 105-111.
3. Carcupino, M., Baldacci, A., Mazzini, M., and Franzoi, P. (1997). Morphological organization of the male brood pouch epithelium of Syngnathus abaster Risso (Teleostea: Syngnathidae): before, during and after egg incubation. Tissue & Cell 29, 21-30. doi:10.1016/S0040-8166(97)80068-7
4. Carcupino, M., Baldacci, A., Mazzini, M., and Franzoi, P. (2002). Functional significance of the male brood pouch in the reproductive strategies of pipefishes and seahorses: a morphological and ultrastructural comparative study on three anatomically different pouches. Journal of Fish Biology 61, 1465-1480. doi:10.1111/J.1095-8649.2002.TB02490.X
5. Foster, S. J., and Vincent, A. C. J. (2004). Life history and ecology of seahorses: implications for conservation and management. Journal of Fish Biology 65, 1-61. doi:10.1111/J.0022-1112.2004.00429.X
6. Herald, E. S. (1959). From pipefish to seahorse: a study of phylogenetic relationships. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 29, 465-473.
7. Linton, J. R., and Soloff, B. L. (1964). The physiology of the brood pouch of the male seahorse, Hippocampus erectus. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 14, 45-61.
8. Lourie, S. A., Pritchard, J. C., Casey, S. P., Truong, S. K., Hall, H. J., and Vincent, A. C. J. (1999). The taxonomy of Vietnam's exploited seahorses (family Syngnathidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 66, 231-256. doi:10.1006/BIJL.1998.9999
9. Lourie, S. A., Foster, S. J., Cooper, E. W. T., and Vincent, A. C. J. (2004). 'A guide to identification of seahorses. Project Seahorse and TRAFFIC North America.' (University of British Columbia and World Wildlife Fund: Washington D.C.) 214 pp.
10. Quast, W. D., and Howe, N. R. (1980). The osmotic role of the brood pouch in the pipefish Syngnathus scovelli. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 67A, 675-678.
11. Vincent, A. C. J. (1995). Trade in seahorses for traditional Chinese medicines, aquarium fishes and curios. TRAFFIC Bulletin 15, 125-128.
12. Watanabe, S., Kaneko, T., and Watanabe, Y. (1999). Immunocytochemical detection of mitochondria-rich cells in the brood pouch epithelium of the pipefish, Syngnathus schlegeli: structural comparison with mitochondria-rich cells in the gills and larval epidermis. Cell and Tissue Research 295, 141-149. doi:10.1007/S004410051220
13. Wetzel, J., and Wourms, J. P. (1991). Paternal-embryonic relationships in pipefishes and seahorses (Syngnathidae). American Zoologist 31, 83A.