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Madkour NF, Abumandour MMA, El‐Bakary R, Karkoura A, El‐Gendy S, Alsafy M. Ultrastructural focus on the oral cavity roof of the juvenile and adult white grouper (
Epinephelus aeneus
): Novel view of its development with carnivorous adaptation. Microsc Res Tech 2022; 85:3804-3816. [DOI: 10.1002/jemt.24227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Revised: 07/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Naglaa F. Madkour
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt
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Alsafy M, Madkour NF, El-Bakary R, Karkoura A, El-Gendy S, Abumandour MMA. Ultrastructural comparison between the oral cavity floor of the juvenile and adult Epinephelus aeneus: New vision of aging development and its carnivorous adaptation. Microsc Res Tech 2021; 85:767-780. [PMID: 34668270 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.23948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
The current work is designed to give the first trial to characterize the ultrastructural lineaments of the oral cavity floor in juvenile and adult white grouper. The present work depends on 10 oral cavities floor from each age. The common features joined the oral cavities floor of the juvenile and adult fish summarized in; oral cavity floor had two teeth bands (lower incisive and lower molar), tongue with its two lateral spinated lines, lower velum, ridges, the lower lip divided into a single anterior part and two lateral part, and the absence of lower canine teeth. The oral surface of semilunar lower velum had round fungiform papillae that carried taste buds type I. The non-protrusible elongated tongue had a clear apex, body, and root with the absence of any taste buds. The dorsal lingual surface of the body had two lateral spinated lines, a single ridge and microtubercles. The smooth dorsal lingual surface of the root did not carry any ridges. The notched lower velum at the middle of the free border was observed in juveniles and adults. Meanwhile, there are some variations between juvenile and adult as; absence of lower incisive ridge only in juvenile, pointed tongue with sublingual ridge observed in juvenile while round without sublingual ridge in adult fish, moreover the presence of velvar ridges observed only in adult fish. The obtained findings provided essential data to aquaculture of this fish species in Egypt by determining the food particle types that are favorite to this fish. HIGHLIGHTS: The common features joined the oral cavities floor of the juvenile and adult fish summarized in; oral cavity floor had two teeth bands (lower incisive and lower molar), tongue with its two lateral spinated lines, lower velum, ridges, the lower lip divided into a single anterior part and two lateral part, and the absence of lower canine teeth. The oral surface of semilunar lower velum had round fungiform papillae that carried taste buds type I. The dorsal lingual surface of the body had two lateral spinated lines, a single ridge and microtubercles. The smooth dorsal lingual surface of the root did not carry any ridges. Meanwhile, there are some variations between juvenile and adult as; absence of lower incisive ridge only in juvenile, pointed tongue with sublingual ridge observed in juvenile while round without sublingual ridge in adult fish, moreover the presence of velvar ridges observed only in adult fish.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mohamed Alsafy
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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Hanafy BG. Gross morphological and surface ultrastructural investigation on the gills of the European barracuda Sphyraena sphyraena. Microsc Res Tech 2021; 85:917-926. [PMID: 34623011 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.23960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Revised: 09/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
The present work examined 10 gill systems of European barracuda grossly and by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Grossly, there were four pairs of the gill arches. The convex border of the gill arch carried the gills filaments, but there were abundance of spines near to its concave border and the gill rakers were absent. Laterally near to the convex border of the gill arch, SEM observations revealed that the first gill arch carried small elliptical, oval, cuboidal, and triangular groups of two shapes of spines; spearhead-like spines and canine-like spines, but the other three gill arches carried larger groups of the same shaped spines with the appearance of waterfalls. Medially near to the convex border of the first gill arch, the canine-like spines were observed only in the form of vertical rectangular groups that adhered in some areas. Laterally near to the concave border, the two shapes of spines were present in the form of longitudinal groups separated by spaces at the first gill arch, but these spaces were absent in the other three gill arches. Medially near to the concave border of the first gill arch, the two shapes of spines were presented in oval groups, while the other three gill arches were covered entirely by cuboidal groups of the two shapes of spines. The absence of the gill rakers in conjunction with an abundance of spines helps the European barracuda to control the food particles from escaping to the gill filaments to prevent its suffocation.
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- Basma G Hanafy
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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Bassuoni NF. Gill morphology of Bagrus bayad (Forskal, 1775) using scanning electron microscopy. Microsc Res Tech 2021; 84:3059-3065. [PMID: 34250672 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.23864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
The work under investigation is carried out to describe the gross morphology and ultrastructure of the gills of the species Bagrus bayad grossly and with the help of scanning electron microscopy. The current work carried on ten fresh adult Bagrus bayad. Bagrus bayad is a genus of the Bagridae family. Our results revealed that the operculum opened caudoventrally. The wide interbranchial septum consisted of four transverse raised areas on each side that connected by transverse lines caudal to the base of the tongue. The gill arch is divided into long ceratobranchial and the short epibranchial clearly and formed an angle between them in the first three gill arches but in the fourth-gill arch is not clear. The first two gill arches have only lateral rackers. The first arch carried well-developed long rackers while rackers on the following rows were short. The majority of gill rackers were short as an adaptation of the carnivorous feeding habit of the Bagrus bayad. The gill arch and rackers were covered by pavement cells with chloride and mucus cells. The pavement cell surface has numerous microridges giving them the fingerprint's appearance. The gill filament's length is nearly fixed along the entire gill arch. Along the gill arch, and the gill filament carried leaf-like gill lamellae. At higher magnification, the gill filament appeared covered by irregular polygonal cells that have concentric microridges.
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- Naglaa F Bassuoni
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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Abumandour MMA, Massoud E, El-Kott A, Morsy K, El-Bakary NER, Kandyle R. An ultrastructural focus on the buccal cavity of the grey gurnard Eutrigla gurnardus (Linnaeus, 1758): Adaptative dietary implications. Microsc Res Tech 2021; 84:2130-2139. [PMID: 33844384 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.23768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Revised: 03/14/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
The current investigation represented the first anatomical description of the buccal cavity of the grey gurnard Eutrigla gurnardus. For the achievement of this study, 10 heads of mature fish were used for SEM examinations. The morphological characteristic appearance of the buccal cavity has shown several adaptations in relation concerning its feeding habits. The median fissure of the upper lip divided the upper lip into two halves, this fissure appeared to be formed from many micro-tubercles with numerous taste buds which aid in holding mucus secretion to the cell surface, help in mucus spread, and provide mechanical protection to the epithelium. Velum had two regions: median and peripheral region. The epithelium covering of the median region of the upper velum had dots-like epithelial protrusion that carrying numerous taste buds, meanwhile, the epithelium covering of the lower velum not carried taste buds but instead carried numerous small scales-like structures. The palate is divided into two semicircular regions by small region of microridges into the anterior and posterior region. The slightly bifid tongue had a median tubercle with numerous small taste buds on its dorsal surface. Concluded, these data were necessary to understand the adaptation of fish to its habitat and in developing a new and better method for fishing of this type of fish.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mohamed M A Abumandour
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Biology Department, Faculty of Science and Arts in Dahran Aljnoub, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.,Agriculture Research Centre, Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
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- Biology Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.,Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt
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- Biology Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.,Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, Damietta El-Gadeeda City, Egypt
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- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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Alsafy M, Madkour NF, El-Bakary R, Karkoura A, El-Gendy S, Zaki MA, Tanekhy M, Abumandour MMA. Age-related ultrastructural characterizations of the teeth of the white grouper (Epinephelus aeneus) in the different three age-stages. Microsc Res Tech 2021; 84:1115-1134. [PMID: 33423369 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.23670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This study represents the first attempt to describe ultrastructural features of teeth in different three ages of white grouper (Epinephelus aeneus) grossly and by the aid of the electron microscope. The current study depends on 18 oropharyngeal cavity of E. aeneus from each age-stages. There are common and special characterization between each age. Five teeth bands in the roof (incisive, canine, upper molar, palatine, and vomer), while two bands in the floor (incisive, molar). The apical teeth part resembles the arrowhead that bordered by groove distally. In 5 cm age, small upper incisive teeth had two appearance (straight and curved), and vomer teeth arranged in triangular in only one row (while, in 12 cm fish arranged in two rows and in 15 cm fish arranged in more than two rows), the palatine teeth began rostrally as one row then two rows and terminated by one row, while in other two ages began by two, then three and ended by two rows. There is no canine teeth in lower jaw in all age. In 12 cm fish, the rostral row of lower incisive teeth usually contain small straight teeth, while the posterior row mainly contain large with some medium upper incisive teeth. In 18 cm fish, upper incisive teeth located within two incisive fossa that separated from each other by longitudinal part of T-shaped upper incisive ridge and small incisive teeth had two appearance (straight and curved), and each canined teeth group contain four teeth (while in other two ages each group contain only two canine teeth).
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- Mohamed Alsafy
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Animal and Fish Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Fish Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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Hanafy BG. Morphological studies on the gills of the European hake (Merluccius merluccius, Linnaeus, 1758). Microsc Res Tech 2020; 83:531-540. [PMID: 31943532 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.23442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
The current work gives concern to study the morphology of the Merluccius merluccius gills by using gross morphology, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and light microscopy. The findings of the present study revealed that the gill system consisted of four pairs of gill arches which carry the gill filaments on the convex border and gill rakers on the concave border of them. SEM results revealed that the rakers and the spines distribution on the first gill arch differed from that of the other three gill arches on the lateral and medial surfaces. On the surface the gill filaments, there were longitudinal ridges that carried pores of chloride cells and mucous cells. The histological examination revealed that, the gill arch composed of hyaline cartilage that presented in the form of cups. Each cup consisted of central cartilagenous core and peripheral cartilagenous matrix. The gill filaments composed of cartilaginous bar of peripheral cartilaginous matrix and central cartilaginous core extended from the gill arches and covered by an epithelial layers with a few mucous cells permeate it, and chloride cells were straggly in the interlamellar epithelium. Each gill filament carried several leaves like secondary lamellae on both sides of it. The epithelium, which lined the secondary lamellae, composed of epithelial pavement cells, some mucous cells, and pillar cells.
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- Basma G Hanafy
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Edfina, Behera, Egypt
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Arunima, Mistri A, Kumari U, Mittal S, Mittal AK. Modifications in the gills of hill stream Moth catfish, Hara hara (Erethistidae, Siluriformes): A light and scanning electron microscope investigation. Tissue Cell 2019; 62:101317. [PMID: 32433019 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2019.101317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Revised: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Present study reports significant modifications in surface ultrastructure, histological organization, and histochemical localization of glycoproteins (GPs) in the gills of a hill stream catfish, Hara hara. Punctate microridges on free surface of epithelial cells covering gill arches, gill rakers, gill filaments and secondary lamellae are considered to provide adaptive plasticity to gills in relation to the environment inhabited by fish. Short and stout gill rakers are considered to prevent food particles to pass in opercular chamber along with respiratory current that could damage delicate gill filaments. Mucous goblet cells show presence of different classes of glycoproteins. GPs with oxidizable vicinal diols are considered to control acidity of acidic GPs. GPs with carboxyl groups have been implicated with defensive mechanism against microorganisms. GPs with O-sulphate esters are associated to trap and to lubricate food particles for easy swallowing. Taste buds on gill arches and gill rakers function to select palatable food particles. Occurrence of taste buds on the gill filaments is regarded significant adaptation to analyse the chemical nature of water. This study could play a significant role to understand adjustment of gills in the hill stream fish.
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- Arunima
- Skin Physiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India; Zoology Section, Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India
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- Skin Physiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India
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- Skin Physiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India; Zoology Section, Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India.
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- Skin Physiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India.
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- Skin Physiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India.
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