Ontogeny of the gastrointestinal tract and selected digestive enzymes in cobia Rachycentron canadum (L.)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 567-583

  Faulk, C K ^a   Benninghoff, A D ^a,b   Holt, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobia; Digestive tract development; Larval weaning; Pancreatic enzymes

Indexed keywords

RACHYCENTRON CANADUM;

EID: 33846842243     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01330.x     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Applebaum, S. L. & Holt, G. J. (2003). The digestive protease, chymotrypsin, as an indicator of nutritional condition in larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Marine Biology 142, 1159-1167.
2. Aragão, C., Conceição, L. E. C., Dinis, M. T. & Fyhn, H.-J. (2004). Amino acid pools of rotifers and Artemia under different conditions: nutritional implications for fish larvae. Aquaculture 234, 429-445.
3. Arnold, C. R., Kaiser, J. B. & Holt, G. J. (2002). Spawning of cobia (Rachycentron canadum) in captivity. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 33, 205-208.
4. Baglole, C. J., Murray, H. M., Goff, G. P. & Wright, G. M. (1997). Ontogeny of the digestive tract during larval development of yellowtail flounder: a light microscopic and mucous histochemical study. Journal of Fish Biology 51, 120-134. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1997.tb02518.x
5. Barnabé, G. & Guissi, A. (1994). Adaptations of the feeding behaviour of larvae of the sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (L.), to an alternating live-food/compound-food feeding regime. Aquaculture and Fisheries Management 25, 537-546.
6. Bauermeister, A. E. M., Pirie, B. J. S. & Sargent, J. R. (1979). An electron microscopic study of lipid absorption in the pyloric caeca of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) fed wax ester-rich zooplankton. Cell Tissue Research 200, 475-486.
7. Bisbal, G. A. & Bengtson, D. A. (1995). Development of the digestive tract in larval summer flounder. Journal of Fish Biology 47, 277-291. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1995.tb01895.x
8. Boulhic, M. & Gabaudan, J. (1992). Histological study of the organogenesis of the digestive system and swim bladder of Dover sole, Solea solea L. Aquaculture 102, 373-396.
9. Buddington, R. K. & Diamond, J. M. (1987). Pyloric caeca of fish: a 'new' absorptive organ. American Journal of Physiology 15, G65-G67.
10. Cahu, C. L., Zambonino Infante, J. L. & Barbosa, V. (2003). Effect of dietary phospholipid level and phospholipid: neutral lipid value on the development of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) larvae fed a compound diet. British Journal of Nutrition 90, 21-28.
11. Cara, J. B., Moyano, F. J., Cárdenas, S., Fernández- Díaz, C. & Yúfera, M. (2003). Assessment of digestive enzyme activities during larval development of white bream. Journal of Fish Biology 63, 48-58. doi: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00120.x
12. Douillet, P. A. & Holt, G. J. (1994). Surface disinfection of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus Linnaeus) eggs leading to bacteria-free larvae. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 179, 253-266.
13. Elbal, M. T., García Hernández, M. P., Lozano, M. T. & Agulleiro, B. (2004). Development of the digestive tract of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.). Light and electron microscope studies. Aquaculture 234, 215-238.
14. Faulk, C. K. & Holt, G. J. (2003). Lipid nutrition and feeding of cobia Rachycentron canadum larvae. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 34, 368-378.
15. Faulk, C. K. & Holt, G. J. (2005). Advances in rearing cobia Rachycentron canadum larvae in recirculating aquaculture systems: live prey enrichment and green water culture. Aquaculture 249, 231-243.
16. Franks, J. S., Ogle, J. T., Lotz, J. M., Nicholson, L. C., Barnes, D. N. & Larsen, K. M. (2001). Spontaneous spawning of cobia, Rachycentron canadum, induced by human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), with comments on fertilization, hatching and larval development. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 52, 598-609.
17. García Hernández, M. P., Lozano, M. T., Elbal, M. T. & Agulleiro, B. (2001). Development of the digestive tract of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L). Light and electron microscopic studies. Anatomy and Embryology 204, 39-57.
18. Gisbert, E., Rodriguez, A., Castelló-Orvay, F. & Williot, P. (1988). A histological study of the development of the digestive tract of Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baeri) during early ontogeny. Aquaculture 167, 195-209.
19. Gisbert, E., Piedrahita, R. H. & Conklin, D. E. (2004). Ontogenetic development of the digestive system in California halibut (Paralichthys californicus) with notes on feeding practices. Aquaculture 232, 455-470.
20. Govoni, J. J., Boehlert, G. W. & Watanabe, Y. (1986). The physiology of digestion in fish larvae. Environmental Biology of Fishes 16, 59-77.
21. Hamlin, H. J., Hunt von Herbing, I. & Kling, L. J. (2000). Histological and morphological evaluations of the digestive tract and associated organs of haddock throughout post-hatching ontogeny. Journal of Fish Biology 57, 716-732. doi: 10.1006/jfbi.2000.1347
22. Hoehne-Reitan, K. & Kjoersvik, E. (2004). Functional development of the liver and exocrine pancreas in teleost fish. American Fisheries Society Symposium 40, 47-83.
23. Holt, G. J. (1993). Feeding larval red drum on microparticulate diets in a closed recirculating water system. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 24, 225-230.
24. Holt, G. J., Faulk, C. K. & Schwarz, M. H. (in press). A review of the larvae culture of cobia Rachycentron canadum, a warm water marine fish. Aquaculture.
25. Kolkovski, S. (2001). Digestive enzymes in fish larvae and juveniles - implications and applications to formulated diets. Aquaculture 200, 181-201.
26. Lazo, J. P., Holt, G. J. & Arnold, C. R. (2000a). Ontogeny of pancreatic enzymes in larval red drum Sciaenops ocellatus. Aquaculture Nutrition 6, 183-192. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2095.2000.00124.x
27. Lazo, J. P., Dinis, M. T., Holt, G. J., Faulk, C. & Arnold, C. R. (2000b). Co-feeding microparticulate diets with algae: toward eliminating the need of zooplankton at first feeding in larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Aquaculture 188, 339-351.
28. Lemieux, H., Blier, P. & Dutil, J.-D. (1999). Do digestive enzymes set a physiological limit on growth rate and food conversion efficiency in the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)? Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 20, 293-303.
29. Liao, I. C., Su, H. M. & Chang, E. Y. (2001). Techniques in finfish culture in Taiwan. Aquaculture 200, 1-31.
30. Liao, I. C., Huang, T.-S., Tsai, W.-S., Hsueh, C.-M., Chang, S.-L. & Leano, E. M. (2004). Cobia culture in Taiwan: current status and problems. Aquaculture 237, 155-165.
31. Loewe, H. & Eckmann, R. (1988). The ontogeny of the alimentary tract of coregonid larvae: normal development. Journal of Fish Biology 33, 841-850.
32. Mai, K., Yu, H., Ma, H., Duan, Q., Gisbert, E., Zambonino Infante, J. L. & Cahu, C. L. (2005). A histological study on the development of the digestive system of Pseudosciaena crocea larvae and juveniles. Journal of Fish Biology 67, 1094-1106. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2005.00812.x
33. Mazlan, A. G. & Grove, D. J. (2003). Gastric digestion and nutrient absorption along the alimentary tract of whiting (Merlangius merlangus L.) fed on natural prey. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 19, 229-238. doi: 10.1046/j.1439-0426.2003.00471.x
34. Murray, H. M., Wright, G. M. & Goff, G. P. (1994). A study of the posterior esophagus in winter flounder, Pleuronectes americanus, and the yellowtail flounder, Pleuronectes ferruginea: morphological evidence for pregastric digestion? Canadian Journal of Zoology 72, 1191-1198.
35. Nakagawa, H., Umino, T., Sekimoto, T., Ambas, I., Montgomery, W. L. & Nakano, T. (2002). Characterization of the digestive tract of wild ayu. Fisheries Science 68, 341-346.
36. Oozeki, Y. & Bailey, K. M. (1995). Ontogenetic development of digestive enzyme activities in larval walleye Pollock, Theragra chalcogramma. Marine Biology 122, 177-186.
37. Pearse, A. G. E. (1985). Histochemistry. Theoretical and Applied, Vol. 2. London: Churchill Livingstone.
38. Peña, R., Dumas, S., Villalejo-Fuerte, M. & Ortíz-Galindo, J. L. (2003). Ontogenetic development of the digestive tract in reared spotted sand bass Paralabrax maculatofasciatus larvae. Aquaculture 219, 633-644.
39. Ribeiro, L., Sarasquete, C. & Dinis, M. T. (1999). Histological and histochemical development of the digestive system of Solea senegalensis (Kaup, 1858) larvae. Aquaculture 171, 293-308.
40. Sargent, J. R., McEvoy, L. A. & Bell, J. G. (1997). Requirements, presentation and sources of polyunsaturated fatty acids in marine fish larval feeds. Aquaculture 155, 117-127.
41. Segner, H., Rosch, R., Verreth, J. & Witt, U. (1993). Larval nutritional physiology: studies with Clarias gariepinus, Coregonus lavaretus and Scophthalmus maximus. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 24, 121-134.
42. Sheridan, M. A. (1988). Lipid dynamics in fish: aspects of absorption, transportation, deposition and mobilization. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B 90, 679-690.
43. Veillette, P. A., White, R. J., Specker, J. L. & Young, G. (2005). Osmoregulatory physiology of pyloric ceca: regulated and adaptive changes in chinook salmon. Journal of Experimental Zoology 303A, 608-613.
44. Walford, J. & Lam, T. J. (1993). Development of digestive tract and proteolytic enzyme activity in seabass (Lates calcarifer) larvae and juveniles. Aquaculture 109, 187-205.
45. Watanabe, Y. (1981a). Ingestion of horseradish peroxidase by the intestinal cells in larvae or juveniles of some teleosts. Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries 47, 1299-1307.
46. Watanabe, Y. (1981b). Intracellular digestion of horseradish peroxidase by the intestinal cells of teleost larvae and juveniles. Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries 48, 37-42.
47. Zambonino Infante, J. L. & Cahu, C. L. (2001). Ontogeny of the gastrointestinal tract of marine fish larvae. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C 130, 477-487.