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The Effect of Otolith Malformation on Behavior and Cortisol Levels in Juvenile Red Drum Fish (Sciaenops ocellatus)

机译:耳石畸形对幼年红鼓鱼(Sciaenops ocellatus)行为和皮质醇水平的影响

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Captive-raisedreddrumfishwereobservedwithphenotypicabnormalities,includingdeformitiesofthespine,jaw,andcephalicregion,thatwereconsistentwithvitaminCdeficiencyduringthelarvalstage.Inlightoftheirvisibleexteriorskeletalabnormalities,wesuspectedthattheaffectedfishwouldalsohaveabnormalotoliths.Otolithsaredensecalcareousstructuresthatfunctioninfishhearing.Wehypothesizedthatabnormalfishwouldhaveirregularotolithsthatwouldalterbehaviorandcortisollevelsascomparedwiththoseofphenotypicallynormalfish.Thenormalandabnormalfishhadstatisticallysignificantdifferencesinbehavior,cortisollevels,andotolithvolumeanddensity.MicroCTassessmentofabnormalfishrevealedoperculumabnormalities,malocclusions,andseveraltypesofotolithmalformations.Therefore,theaffectedfishhadnotonlyanabnormalskeletalappearancebutalsosignificantlyabnormalbehaviorandcortisolresponses.
机译:圈养raisedreddrumfishwereobservedwithphenotypicabnormalities,includingdeformitiesofthespine,下颌,andcephalicregion,thatwereconsistentwithvitaminCdeficiencyduringthelarvalstage.Inlightoftheirvisibleexteriorskeletalabnormalities,wesuspectedthattheaffectedfishwouldalsohaveabnormalotoliths.Otolithsaredensecalcareousstructuresthatfunctioninfishhearing.Wehypothesizedthatabnormalfishwouldhaveirregularotolithsthatwouldalterbehaviorandcortisollevelsascomparedwiththoseofphenotypicallynormalfish.Thenormalandabnormalfishhadstatisticallysignificantdifferencesinbehavior,皮质醇的含量,andotolithvolumeanddensity.MicroCTassessmentofabnormalfishrevealedoperculumabnormalities,咬合不正,andseveraltypesofotolithmalformations.Therefore,theaffectedfishhadnotonlyanabnormalskeletalappearancebutalsosignificantlyabnormalbehaviorandcortisolresponses。

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