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The development of neuromasts in Cirrhina mrigala Ham. Buch. (Cyprinidae) and Ophicephalus ( Channa ) punctatus Bloch (Channidae)
Author(s) -
Srivastava M. D. L.,
Srivastava C. B. L.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
journal of morphology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1097-4687
pISSN - 0362-2525
DOI - 10.1002/jmor.1051220404
Subject(s) - biology , dorsum , anatomy , cyprinidae , trunk , invagination , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , ecology
The development of neuromasts was studied in two species of teleosts, Cirrhina mrigala Ham. Buch. and Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch, and the findings are presented and discussed. It has been discovered, in the course of this investigation, that a neuromast arises by a process of invagination — a fact hitherto not reported. The occurrence of the dorsal lateral line and the accessory lateral line of the trunk, in addition to the main lateral line, has also been reported for the first time for teleosts, although known for other bony fishes.