Structure and development of free neuromasts in barramundi, lates calcarifer (block)

• Main Authors: Mukai, Yukinori, Liy, Lang Chai, Muhamad Shaleh, Sitti Raehanah, Senoo, Shigeharu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Zoological Society of Japan 2007
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/7719/1/mukai_2007_zoological_science.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/7719/; http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2108/zsj.24.829
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

This study was conducted to clarify the development of free neuromasts with growth of the barramundi, Lates calcarifer. A pair of free neuromasts was observed behind the unpigmented eyes in newly hatched eleutheroembryos with a mean total length of 1.93 mm, and two-hour-old eleutheroembryos could re...