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- Title
Ultrastructural Characterization of the Buccal Cavity Floor of the Striped Red Mullet fish Mullus Surmuletus (Linnaeus, 1758).
- Authors
Abumandour, Mohamed M. A.; El-Bakary, Neveen E. R.
- Abstract
Introduction: The present investigation focused on scanning electron microscopic (SEM) characteristics of the buccal cavity floor of the striped red mullet fish Mullus surmuletus. It consisted of the upper lip, dentaries, in addition to three regions; velum region, pre-lingual region, and the lingual region. The two dentaries regions contained three main structures; the papillary-like teeth, surrounded by a large number of taste buds, in addition to a few numbers of the large-sized taste pores. The high SEM magnification showed that, the papillary-like teeth were surrounded by the circular crypts on its base, with the proximal end blunted curved and free from epithelium cover. The two dentaries regions were separated from each other by a narrow slightly elevated median region. This region, under SEM high magnifications, presents numerous numbers of filiformlike papillary structures. The dorsal lingual surface contained numerous lingual tubercle and taste buds. In conclusion, the current results describe the adaptations of the buccal cavity floor and its structures with the feeding mechanisms in the striped red mullet fish.
- Subjects
STRIPED mullet; RED drum (Fish); TASTE buds; FLOORING; EPITHELIUM
- Publication
Journal of Morphological Sciences, 2021, Vol 38, p175
- ISSN
2177-0298
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.51929/jms.38.31.2021