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Hormones, pheromones and chemoreception

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Book cover Fish Chemoreception

Part of the book series: Fish & Fisheries Series ((FIFI,volume 6))

Abstract

Living in an aquatic environment often devoid of light but rich in dissolved compounds, teleost fish have evolved highly developed chemosensory and chemical signalling systems. These systems have a variety of functions including species and kin recognition, recognition of predatory risk (fright reaction), orientation, and the promotion of reproductive synchrony (reviews: Bardach and Todd, 1970; Solomon, 1977; Colombo et al., 1982; Liley, 1982; Liley and Stacey, 1983; Stacey et al., 1986, 1987). Although our understanding of these systems is generally poor, dramatic advances in our understanding of sex pheromones have been made over the past 10 years. These strongly suggest that sex hormones and their metabolites function as sex pheromones with distinct, fundamental roles controlling the reproductive physiology and behaviour of fish. This chapter reviews these advances from an historical perspective, paying particular attention to the endocrinological and neural basis of pheromone function. Emphasis is on the goldfish, Carassius auratus, because it represents the best-understood model of sex pheromone function.

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