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Cytological status of olfactory epithelium during different reproductive phases of Eutropiichthys vacha (Hamilton, 1822) were described by light microscopy. The olfactory organ was composed of various lamella contained two principal layer: olfactory mucosa and central core, radiated from midline raphe. A sharp divergence existed between the mucosa of the olfactory lamella and raphe. The olfactory mucosa was distinguished into sensory and non-sensory epithelium, which consisted of polymorphism of receptors, supporting, labyrinth, mucous and basal cells. The central core was made up of loosely disposed connective tissue, nerve fibres and blood capillaries. A well-developed basement membrane was clearly distinguishable in between the olfactory epithelium and central core. The seasonal changes of the olfactory mucosa during growth, maturation, spawning and post-spawning phases was characterized by considering the tallness and architecture of the receptor cells as main criteria along with commute cellular features and staining patterns of different cell types. The structural components of the olfactory epithelium were correlated with the olfaction in the life of fish concerned.
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Schilbeidae
Olfactory epithelium Histology
Annual cyclical changes
Receptor cells.
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GHOSH, S. K. (2018). Cellular organization of the olfactory epithelium during growth, maturation, spawning and post-spawning phases of freshwater catfish, Eutropiichthys vacha (Hamilton, 1822) (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 5(2), 126–138. https://doi.org/10.22034/iji.v5i2.278
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Bazáes, A. & Schmachtenberg, O. 2012. Odorant tuning of olfactory crypt cells from juvenile and adult rainbow trout. Journal of Experimental Biology 15: 1740-1748.
Bhute, Y.V. & Baile, V.V. 2007. Organization of the olfactory system of the Indian major carp Labeo rohita (Ham.): a scanning and transmission electron microscopy study. Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology 43: 342-349.
Chakrabarti, P. & Ghosh, S.K. 2010. Histoarchitecture and scanning electron microscopic studies of the olfactory epithelium in the exotic fish Puntius javanicus (Bleeker). Archieves of Polish Fisheries 18: 173-177.
Chakrabarti, P. & Ghosh, S.K. 2011. Histological and ultrastructural studies of the olfactory rosette of spotted butter fish Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus). Folia Morphologica 70: 74-79.
Datta, N.C. & Das, A. 1980. Anatomy of the olfactory apparatus of some Indian Gobioids (Pisces: Perciformes). Zoologischer Anzeiger 3: 241-252.
Farbman, A.I. 1994. Developmental biology of olfactory sensory neurons. Seminars in Cell Biology 5: 3-10.
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Ghosh, S.K. 2018. Anatomical and histological studies on the olfactory organ of riverine catfish, Eutropiichthys vacha (Hamilton, 1822). Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances 13: 245-252.
Ghosh, S.K. & Chakrabarti, P. 2014. Structural characterization of the olfactory epithelium of freshwater olive barb, Puntius sarana (Hamilton, 1822). International Journal of Aquatic Biology 2: 147-154.
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Gurr, G.T. 1956. A practical manual of medical and biological staining techniques. Interscience, New York.
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Hamdani, E.H. & Døving, K.B. 2006. Specific projection of the sensory crypt cells in the olfactory system in crucian carp, Carassius carassius. Chemical Senses 31: 63-67.
Hamdani, E.H.; Lastein, S.; Gregersen, F. & Døving, K.B. 2008. Seasonal variations in olfactory sensory neurons-fish sensitivity to sex pheromones explained. Chemical Senses 33: 119-123.
Hansen, A. & Zeiske, E. 1998. The peripheral olfactory organ of the zebrafish, Danio rerio: an ultrastructural study. Chemical Senses 23: 39-48.
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Hansen, A.; Rolen, S.H.; Anderson, K.; Morita, Y.; Caprio, J. & Finger, T.E. 2003. Correlation between olfactory receptor cell type and function in the channel catfish. Journal of Neuroscience 23: 9328-9339.
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Hernadi, L. 1993. Fine structural characterization of the olfactory epithelium and its response to divalent cations Cd2+ in the fish Alburnus alburnus (Teleostei, Cyprinidae): a scanning and transmission electron microscopic study. Neurobiology 1: 11-31.
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Kasumyan, A.O. 2004. The olfactory system in fish: structure, function, and role in behavior. Journal of Ichthyology 44: 180-223.
Kim, H.T. & Park, J.Y. 2016. The anatomy and histoarchitecture of the olfactory organ in Korean flat-headed Goby Lucigobius guttatus (Pisces; Gobiidae). Applied Microscopy 46: 51-57.
Kuciel, M.; Żuwala, K. & Jakubowski, M. 2011. A new type of fish olfactory organ structure in Periophthalmus barbarous (Oxudercinae). Acta Zoologica, 92: 276-280.
Lara, M.R. 2008. Development of the nasal olfactory organs in the larvae, settlement-stages and some adults of 14 species of Caribbean reef fishes (Labridae, Scaridae, Pomacentridae). Marine Biology 154: 51-64.
Lastein, S.; Hamdani, E.H. & Døving, K.B. 2006. Gender distribution in neural discrimination of sex pheromones in the olfactory bulb of crucian carp, Carassius carassius. Chemical Senses 31: 69-77.
Mallory, F.B. 1936. The aniline blue collagen stain. Stain Technology 11: 101.
Mana, R.R. & Kawamura, G. 2002. A comparative study on morphological differences in the olfactory system of red sea bream (Pagrus major) and black sea bream (Acanthopagrus schlegeli) from wild and cultured stocks. Aquaculture 22: 53-64.
Meredith, T.L.; Caprio, J. & Kajiura, S.M. 2012. Sensitivity and specificity of the olfactory epithelia of two elasmobranch species to bile salts. The Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 2660-2667.
Moller, P.C.; Partridge, L.R.; Cox, R.A.; Pellegrini, V. & Ritchie, D.G. 1989. The development of ciliated and mucous cells from basal cells in hamster tracheal epithelial cell cultures. Tissue and Cell 21: 195-198.
Muller, J.F. & Marc, R.E. 1984. Three distinct morphological classes of receptors in fish olfactory organs. Journal of Comparative Neurology 222: 482-495.
Ojha, P.P. & Kapoor, A.S. 1973. Structure and function of the olfactory apparatus in the freshwater carp, Labeo rohita (Ham. Buch.). Journal of Morphology 140: 77-85.
Patle, P.J. & Baile, V.V. 2014. Morphology, morphometry and neuroanatomy of the olfactory epithelium and the olfactory bulb of a featherback fish, Notopterus notopterus. International Journal of Life Sciences 2: 1-12.
Peters, R.E. 1983. Evolution of neurohormonal regulation of reproduction in lower vertebrates. American Zoologist 23: 685-695.
Roberts, R.J. & Bullock A.M. 1980. The skin surface ecosystem of teleost fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 79: 87-91.
Samajdar, I. & Mandal, D.K. 2016. Histological organization and ultrastructures of the apical surface of the olfactory epithelium of a carp, Labeo bata (Hamilton). International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology 4: 134-141.
Sathyanesan, A.G. 1965. The reorganization of the hypophysial stalk following hypophysectomy in the teleost Porichthys notatus Girard. Zeitschrift fur Zellforschung und mikroskopische Anatomie 67: 734-739.
Shirai, N. & Utida, S. 1970. Development and degeneration of the chloride cell during seawater and freshwater adaptation of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica. Zeitschrift fur Zellforschung und Mikroskopische Anatomie 103: 247-264.
Sorensen, P.W. & Caprio, J. 1998. Chemoreception. In: Evans, D.H.; Claiborne, J.B. & Currie, S. (eds), The physiology of fishes, CRC Press (Taylor & Francis group), Boca Raton (Florida). pp: 375-405.
Sundararaj, B.I. & Vasal, S. 1973. Photoperiodic regulation of reproductive cycle in the catfish Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch). International Congress Series 1: 291-301.
Theisen, B. 1972. Ultrstructure of the olfactory epithelium in the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 53: 205-218.
Tytiuk, O.; Yaryhin, O. & Stepanyuk, Y. 2018. Light microscopy of development of the olfactory organ of European weatherfish Misgurnus fossilis. Zoological Science 35: 115-122.
Uva, B. & Deplano, S. 1983. Olfactory structures in Hydromantes italicus: a morphological basis for a particular prey catching behaviour. Bolletino de Zoologia 50: 57-62.
Valentinčič, T. 2005. Olfactory discrimination in fishes. In: Reutter, K. & Kapoor, B.G. (eds), Fish chemosenses, Science Publishers, Enfield. pp. 63-85.
Waryani, B.; Zhao, Y.; Zhang, C.; Dai, R. & Abbasi, A.R. 2013. Anatomical studies of the olfactory epithelium of two cave fishes Sinocyclocheilus jii and S. furcodorsalis (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from China. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 45: 1091-1101.
Weltzien, F.; Höglund, E.; Hamdani, E.H. & Døving, K.B. 2003. Does the lateral bundle of the medial olfactory tract mediate reproductive behavior in male crucian carp? Chemical Senses 28: 293-300.
Yamamoto, M. 1982. Comparative morphology of the peripheral olfactory organ in teleosts. In: Hara, T.J. (eds), Chemoreception in fishes, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 35-59.
Yamamoto, M. & Ueda, K. 1978. Comparative morphology of fish olfactory epithelium-III. Cypriniformes. Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries 44: 1201-1206.
References
Atta, K.I. 2013. Morphological, anatomical and histological studies on the olfactory organs and eyes of teleost fish: Anguilla anguilla in relation to its feeding habits. The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 66: 101-108.
Bazáes, A. & Schmachtenberg, O. 2012. Odorant tuning of olfactory crypt cells from juvenile and adult rainbow trout. Journal of Experimental Biology 15: 1740-1748.
Bhute, Y.V. & Baile, V.V. 2007. Organization of the olfactory system of the Indian major carp Labeo rohita (Ham.): a scanning and transmission electron microscopy study. Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology 43: 342-349.
Chakrabarti, P. & Ghosh, S.K. 2010. Histoarchitecture and scanning electron microscopic studies of the olfactory epithelium in the exotic fish Puntius javanicus (Bleeker). Archieves of Polish Fisheries 18: 173-177.
Chakrabarti, P. & Ghosh, S.K. 2011. Histological and ultrastructural studies of the olfactory rosette of spotted butter fish Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus). Folia Morphologica 70: 74-79.
Datta, N.C. & Das, A. 1980. Anatomy of the olfactory apparatus of some Indian Gobioids (Pisces: Perciformes). Zoologischer Anzeiger 3: 241-252.
Farbman, A.I. 1994. Developmental biology of olfactory sensory neurons. Seminars in Cell Biology 5: 3-10.
Farbman, A.I. 2000. The cellular basis of olfaction. Endeavour 18: 2-8.
Ghosh, S.K. 2018. Anatomical and histological studies on the olfactory organ of riverine catfish, Eutropiichthys vacha (Hamilton, 1822). Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances 13: 245-252.
Ghosh, S.K. & Chakrabarti, P. 2014. Structural characterization of the olfactory epithelium of freshwater olive barb, Puntius sarana (Hamilton, 1822). International Journal of Aquatic Biology 2: 147-154.
Ghosh, S.K.; Pan, B. & Chakrabarti, P. 2017. Structural organization and functional aspects of the olfactory epithelium of red piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri (Kner, 1858). In: S.K. Sinha, S. Majumdar, (eds) Spare Nature, Damodar Group, Burdwan. pp. 19-35.
Goel, H.R. 1978. The structure and functions of the olfactory organs in the freshwater teleost Notopterus notopterus (Ham). Folia Morphologica 26: 392-397.
Gurr, G.T. 1956. A practical manual of medical and biological staining techniques. Interscience, New York.
Hamdani, E.H. & Døving, K.B. 2002. The alarm reaction in crucian carp is mediatedby olfactory neurons with long dendrites. Chemical Senses 27: 395-398.
Hamdani, E.H. & Døving, K.B. 2006. Specific projection of the sensory crypt cells in the olfactory system in crucian carp, Carassius carassius. Chemical Senses 31: 63-67.
Hamdani, E.H.; Lastein, S.; Gregersen, F. & Døving, K.B. 2008. Seasonal variations in olfactory sensory neurons-fish sensitivity to sex pheromones explained. Chemical Senses 33: 119-123.
Hansen, A. & Zeiske, E. 1998. The peripheral olfactory organ of the zebrafish, Danio rerio: an ultrastructural study. Chemical Senses 23: 39-48.
Hansen, A. & Zielinski, B.S. 2005. Diversity in the olfactory epithelium of bony fishes: development, lamellar arrangement, sensory neuron cell types and transduction components. Journal of Neurocytology 34: 183-208.
Hansen, A.; Rolen, S.H.; Anderson, K.; Morita, Y.; Caprio, J. & Finger, T.E. 2003. Correlation between olfactory receptor cell type and function in the channel catfish. Journal of Neuroscience 23: 9328-9339.
Hara, T.J. 1986. Role of olfaction in fish behaviour. In: Pitcher T.J. (eds), The Behaviour of teleost, Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore. pp. 152-176.
Hara, T.J. 1994. The diversity of chemical stimulation in fish olfaction and gestation. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 4: 1-35.
Hernadi, L. 1993. Fine structural characterization of the olfactory epithelium and its response to divalent cations Cd2+ in the fish Alburnus alburnus (Teleostei, Cyprinidae): a scanning and transmission electron microscopic study. Neurobiology 1: 11-31.
Ichikawa, M. & Ueda, K. 1977. Fine structure of the olfactory epithelium in the goldfish, Carassius auratus. A study of retrograde degeneration. Cell and Tissue Researc 183: 445-455.
Kasumyan, A.O. 2004. The olfactory system in fish: structure, function, and role in behavior. Journal of Ichthyology 44: 180-223.
Kim, H.T. & Park, J.Y. 2016. The anatomy and histoarchitecture of the olfactory organ in Korean flat-headed Goby Lucigobius guttatus (Pisces; Gobiidae). Applied Microscopy 46: 51-57.
Kuciel, M.; Żuwala, K. & Jakubowski, M. 2011. A new type of fish olfactory organ structure in Periophthalmus barbarous (Oxudercinae). Acta Zoologica, 92: 276-280.
Lara, M.R. 2008. Development of the nasal olfactory organs in the larvae, settlement-stages and some adults of 14 species of Caribbean reef fishes (Labridae, Scaridae, Pomacentridae). Marine Biology 154: 51-64.
Lastein, S.; Hamdani, E.H. & Døving, K.B. 2006. Gender distribution in neural discrimination of sex pheromones in the olfactory bulb of crucian carp, Carassius carassius. Chemical Senses 31: 69-77.
Mallory, F.B. 1936. The aniline blue collagen stain. Stain Technology 11: 101.
Mana, R.R. & Kawamura, G. 2002. A comparative study on morphological differences in the olfactory system of red sea bream (Pagrus major) and black sea bream (Acanthopagrus schlegeli) from wild and cultured stocks. Aquaculture 22: 53-64.
Meredith, T.L.; Caprio, J. & Kajiura, S.M. 2012. Sensitivity and specificity of the olfactory epithelia of two elasmobranch species to bile salts. The Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 2660-2667.
Moller, P.C.; Partridge, L.R.; Cox, R.A.; Pellegrini, V. & Ritchie, D.G. 1989. The development of ciliated and mucous cells from basal cells in hamster tracheal epithelial cell cultures. Tissue and Cell 21: 195-198.
Muller, J.F. & Marc, R.E. 1984. Three distinct morphological classes of receptors in fish olfactory organs. Journal of Comparative Neurology 222: 482-495.
Ojha, P.P. & Kapoor, A.S. 1973. Structure and function of the olfactory apparatus in the freshwater carp, Labeo rohita (Ham. Buch.). Journal of Morphology 140: 77-85.
Patle, P.J. & Baile, V.V. 2014. Morphology, morphometry and neuroanatomy of the olfactory epithelium and the olfactory bulb of a featherback fish, Notopterus notopterus. International Journal of Life Sciences 2: 1-12.
Peters, R.E. 1983. Evolution of neurohormonal regulation of reproduction in lower vertebrates. American Zoologist 23: 685-695.
Roberts, R.J. & Bullock A.M. 1980. The skin surface ecosystem of teleost fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 79: 87-91.
Samajdar, I. & Mandal, D.K. 2016. Histological organization and ultrastructures of the apical surface of the olfactory epithelium of a carp, Labeo bata (Hamilton). International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology 4: 134-141.
Sathyanesan, A.G. 1965. The reorganization of the hypophysial stalk following hypophysectomy in the teleost Porichthys notatus Girard. Zeitschrift fur Zellforschung und mikroskopische Anatomie 67: 734-739.
Shirai, N. & Utida, S. 1970. Development and degeneration of the chloride cell during seawater and freshwater adaptation of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica. Zeitschrift fur Zellforschung und Mikroskopische Anatomie 103: 247-264.
Sorensen, P.W. & Caprio, J. 1998. Chemoreception. In: Evans, D.H.; Claiborne, J.B. & Currie, S. (eds), The physiology of fishes, CRC Press (Taylor & Francis group), Boca Raton (Florida). pp: 375-405.
Sundararaj, B.I. & Vasal, S. 1973. Photoperiodic regulation of reproductive cycle in the catfish Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch). International Congress Series 1: 291-301.
Theisen, B. 1972. Ultrstructure of the olfactory epithelium in the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 53: 205-218.
Tytiuk, O.; Yaryhin, O. & Stepanyuk, Y. 2018. Light microscopy of development of the olfactory organ of European weatherfish Misgurnus fossilis. Zoological Science 35: 115-122.
Uva, B. & Deplano, S. 1983. Olfactory structures in Hydromantes italicus: a morphological basis for a particular prey catching behaviour. Bolletino de Zoologia 50: 57-62.
Valentinčič, T. 2005. Olfactory discrimination in fishes. In: Reutter, K. & Kapoor, B.G. (eds), Fish chemosenses, Science Publishers, Enfield. pp. 63-85.
Waryani, B.; Zhao, Y.; Zhang, C.; Dai, R. & Abbasi, A.R. 2013. Anatomical studies of the olfactory epithelium of two cave fishes Sinocyclocheilus jii and S. furcodorsalis (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from China. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 45: 1091-1101.
Weltzien, F.; Höglund, E.; Hamdani, E.H. & Døving, K.B. 2003. Does the lateral bundle of the medial olfactory tract mediate reproductive behavior in male crucian carp? Chemical Senses 28: 293-300.
Yamamoto, M. 1982. Comparative morphology of the peripheral olfactory organ in teleosts. In: Hara, T.J. (eds), Chemoreception in fishes, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 35-59.
Yamamoto, M. & Ueda, K. 1978. Comparative morphology of fish olfactory epithelium-III. Cypriniformes. Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries 44: 1201-1206.
Bazáes, A. & Schmachtenberg, O. 2012. Odorant tuning of olfactory crypt cells from juvenile and adult rainbow trout. Journal of Experimental Biology 15: 1740-1748.
Bhute, Y.V. & Baile, V.V. 2007. Organization of the olfactory system of the Indian major carp Labeo rohita (Ham.): a scanning and transmission electron microscopy study. Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology 43: 342-349.
Chakrabarti, P. & Ghosh, S.K. 2010. Histoarchitecture and scanning electron microscopic studies of the olfactory epithelium in the exotic fish Puntius javanicus (Bleeker). Archieves of Polish Fisheries 18: 173-177.
Chakrabarti, P. & Ghosh, S.K. 2011. Histological and ultrastructural studies of the olfactory rosette of spotted butter fish Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus). Folia Morphologica 70: 74-79.
Datta, N.C. & Das, A. 1980. Anatomy of the olfactory apparatus of some Indian Gobioids (Pisces: Perciformes). Zoologischer Anzeiger 3: 241-252.
Farbman, A.I. 1994. Developmental biology of olfactory sensory neurons. Seminars in Cell Biology 5: 3-10.
Farbman, A.I. 2000. The cellular basis of olfaction. Endeavour 18: 2-8.
Ghosh, S.K. 2018. Anatomical and histological studies on the olfactory organ of riverine catfish, Eutropiichthys vacha (Hamilton, 1822). Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances 13: 245-252.
Ghosh, S.K. & Chakrabarti, P. 2014. Structural characterization of the olfactory epithelium of freshwater olive barb, Puntius sarana (Hamilton, 1822). International Journal of Aquatic Biology 2: 147-154.
Ghosh, S.K.; Pan, B. & Chakrabarti, P. 2017. Structural organization and functional aspects of the olfactory epithelium of red piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri (Kner, 1858). In: S.K. Sinha, S. Majumdar, (eds) Spare Nature, Damodar Group, Burdwan. pp. 19-35.
Goel, H.R. 1978. The structure and functions of the olfactory organs in the freshwater teleost Notopterus notopterus (Ham). Folia Morphologica 26: 392-397.
Gurr, G.T. 1956. A practical manual of medical and biological staining techniques. Interscience, New York.
Hamdani, E.H. & Døving, K.B. 2002. The alarm reaction in crucian carp is mediatedby olfactory neurons with long dendrites. Chemical Senses 27: 395-398.
Hamdani, E.H. & Døving, K.B. 2006. Specific projection of the sensory crypt cells in the olfactory system in crucian carp, Carassius carassius. Chemical Senses 31: 63-67.
Hamdani, E.H.; Lastein, S.; Gregersen, F. & Døving, K.B. 2008. Seasonal variations in olfactory sensory neurons-fish sensitivity to sex pheromones explained. Chemical Senses 33: 119-123.
Hansen, A. & Zeiske, E. 1998. The peripheral olfactory organ of the zebrafish, Danio rerio: an ultrastructural study. Chemical Senses 23: 39-48.
Hansen, A. & Zielinski, B.S. 2005. Diversity in the olfactory epithelium of bony fishes: development, lamellar arrangement, sensory neuron cell types and transduction components. Journal of Neurocytology 34: 183-208.
Hansen, A.; Rolen, S.H.; Anderson, K.; Morita, Y.; Caprio, J. & Finger, T.E. 2003. Correlation between olfactory receptor cell type and function in the channel catfish. Journal of Neuroscience 23: 9328-9339.
Hara, T.J. 1986. Role of olfaction in fish behaviour. In: Pitcher T.J. (eds), The Behaviour of teleost, Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore. pp. 152-176.
Hara, T.J. 1994. The diversity of chemical stimulation in fish olfaction and gestation. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 4: 1-35.
Hernadi, L. 1993. Fine structural characterization of the olfactory epithelium and its response to divalent cations Cd2+ in the fish Alburnus alburnus (Teleostei, Cyprinidae): a scanning and transmission electron microscopic study. Neurobiology 1: 11-31.
Ichikawa, M. & Ueda, K. 1977. Fine structure of the olfactory epithelium in the goldfish, Carassius auratus. A study of retrograde degeneration. Cell and Tissue Researc 183: 445-455.
Kasumyan, A.O. 2004. The olfactory system in fish: structure, function, and role in behavior. Journal of Ichthyology 44: 180-223.
Kim, H.T. & Park, J.Y. 2016. The anatomy and histoarchitecture of the olfactory organ in Korean flat-headed Goby Lucigobius guttatus (Pisces; Gobiidae). Applied Microscopy 46: 51-57.
Kuciel, M.; Żuwala, K. & Jakubowski, M. 2011. A new type of fish olfactory organ structure in Periophthalmus barbarous (Oxudercinae). Acta Zoologica, 92: 276-280.
Lara, M.R. 2008. Development of the nasal olfactory organs in the larvae, settlement-stages and some adults of 14 species of Caribbean reef fishes (Labridae, Scaridae, Pomacentridae). Marine Biology 154: 51-64.
Lastein, S.; Hamdani, E.H. & Døving, K.B. 2006. Gender distribution in neural discrimination of sex pheromones in the olfactory bulb of crucian carp, Carassius carassius. Chemical Senses 31: 69-77.
Mallory, F.B. 1936. The aniline blue collagen stain. Stain Technology 11: 101.
Mana, R.R. & Kawamura, G. 2002. A comparative study on morphological differences in the olfactory system of red sea bream (Pagrus major) and black sea bream (Acanthopagrus schlegeli) from wild and cultured stocks. Aquaculture 22: 53-64.
Meredith, T.L.; Caprio, J. & Kajiura, S.M. 2012. Sensitivity and specificity of the olfactory epithelia of two elasmobranch species to bile salts. The Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 2660-2667.
Moller, P.C.; Partridge, L.R.; Cox, R.A.; Pellegrini, V. & Ritchie, D.G. 1989. The development of ciliated and mucous cells from basal cells in hamster tracheal epithelial cell cultures. Tissue and Cell 21: 195-198.
Muller, J.F. & Marc, R.E. 1984. Three distinct morphological classes of receptors in fish olfactory organs. Journal of Comparative Neurology 222: 482-495.
Ojha, P.P. & Kapoor, A.S. 1973. Structure and function of the olfactory apparatus in the freshwater carp, Labeo rohita (Ham. Buch.). Journal of Morphology 140: 77-85.
Patle, P.J. & Baile, V.V. 2014. Morphology, morphometry and neuroanatomy of the olfactory epithelium and the olfactory bulb of a featherback fish, Notopterus notopterus. International Journal of Life Sciences 2: 1-12.
Peters, R.E. 1983. Evolution of neurohormonal regulation of reproduction in lower vertebrates. American Zoologist 23: 685-695.
Roberts, R.J. & Bullock A.M. 1980. The skin surface ecosystem of teleost fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 79: 87-91.
Samajdar, I. & Mandal, D.K. 2016. Histological organization and ultrastructures of the apical surface of the olfactory epithelium of a carp, Labeo bata (Hamilton). International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology 4: 134-141.
Sathyanesan, A.G. 1965. The reorganization of the hypophysial stalk following hypophysectomy in the teleost Porichthys notatus Girard. Zeitschrift fur Zellforschung und mikroskopische Anatomie 67: 734-739.
Shirai, N. & Utida, S. 1970. Development and degeneration of the chloride cell during seawater and freshwater adaptation of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica. Zeitschrift fur Zellforschung und Mikroskopische Anatomie 103: 247-264.
Sorensen, P.W. & Caprio, J. 1998. Chemoreception. In: Evans, D.H.; Claiborne, J.B. & Currie, S. (eds), The physiology of fishes, CRC Press (Taylor & Francis group), Boca Raton (Florida). pp: 375-405.
Sundararaj, B.I. & Vasal, S. 1973. Photoperiodic regulation of reproductive cycle in the catfish Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch). International Congress Series 1: 291-301.
Theisen, B. 1972. Ultrstructure of the olfactory epithelium in the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 53: 205-218.
Tytiuk, O.; Yaryhin, O. & Stepanyuk, Y. 2018. Light microscopy of development of the olfactory organ of European weatherfish Misgurnus fossilis. Zoological Science 35: 115-122.
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