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Sense organs development in larvae of the Sultan fish Leptobarbus hoevenii

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At hatching, the sense organs of the Leptobarbus hoevenii larvae were morphologically immature. However, these sense organs had developed and became functional (including first occurrence of the intra-oral taste buds) to facilitate the larval first exogenous feeding at 3 days post-hatching (dph), before the yolk sac was completely absorbed at 5 dph. During the larval metamorphosis period (5–30 dph), the larval notochord flexion and fin development had completed. The retinal rods appeared at 5 dph, and its number increased with larval growth. The lagena was formed and the inner ears were fully calcified at 15 dph, indicating that the inner ears were completely developed. The olfactory organ development was completed when the anterior and posterior pits were formed at 30 dph. Canal neuromast was first found in the 30 dph L. hoevenii head portion, but none was observed at its trunk. Further examination of the elder stage (> 30 dph) of L. hoevenii is necessary to confirm the timing of trunk canal neuromast development. These findings have provided new biological information related to the L. hoevenii migratory life history in the field, as well as insight to improve the L. hoevenii larval rearing protocols.

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This work was supported by the research grant (no. GUG0379-1/2019) provided by the Research Management Center of the Universiti Malaysia Sabah. We thank the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and the Prince of Songkla University (PSU) for the scholarships to support the second author’s (H.-L.A.) study in the UMS-PSU Dual Master Degree Program. We also thank the Inland Aquaculture Research and Development Regional Center 12 for providing the facility and the fish specimens for this experiment.

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  1. Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

    Leong-Seng Lim, Hsein-Loong Au, Mohammad Tamrin Mohamad Lal & Gunzo Kawamura

  2. Department of Technology and Industries, Faculty of Science and Technology, Prince of Songkla University Pattani Campus, Pattani, Thailand

    Hsein-Loong Au & Thumronk Amornsakun

  3. Inland Aquaculture Research and Development Regional Center 12, Songkhla, Thailand

    Poramat Musikarun

  4. Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia

    Hon Jung Liew

  5. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Beibu Gulf Marine Biodiversity Conservation, College of Marine Sciences, Beibu Gulf University, Qinzhou, 535011, China

    Kian Ann Tan

  6. Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

    Yukinori Mukai

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Lim, LS., Au, HL., Amornsakun, T. et al. Sense organs development in larvae of the Sultan fish Leptobarbus hoevenii. Fish Sci 88, 461–475 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-022-01602-4

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