teleost

(tĕl′ē-ŏst′, tē′lē-)

Any of various fishes of the group Teleostei, having a protrusible upper jaw and including most of the ray-finned fishes.

teleost

any bony fish of the subclass Teleostei, containing all the present-day bony fishes, except lungfish, sturgeon and garpike.They are characterized by the presence of an AIR BLADDER.

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Neuropeptide Y in the brain and retina of the adult teleost gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.).

Molecular Cloning and Function Characterization in Feeding of Neuropeptide Y in Gibel Carp, Carassius auratus gibelio

auratus shows, as all other teleost fishes so far investigated, two solid hemispheres composed of several nuclear masses separated by a common ventricle (31).

Small-scale environmental enrichment and exercise enhance learning and spatial memory of Carassius auratus, and increase cell proliferation in the telencephalon: an exploratory study

maculatus liver parenchyma revealed that this species has the general pattern of teleosts, with a thin connective tissue capsule and a simple columnar epithelium.

Histopathological analysis of liver of the catfish Pimelodus maculatus in a tropical eutrophic reservoir from Southeastern Brazil

(11.) A Frisch, "Sex-change and Gonadal Steroids in Sequentially-hermaphroditic Teleost Fish," Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 14:4 (2004), 481-99; AP Moczek, "Developmental Plasticity and Evolution--Quo Vadis?" Heredity, 115:4 (2015), 302-05.

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The ratio (R) between teleost MH and BW was obtained by dividing the latter into the former to categorize general shape as being either: fusiform: R= 1-2, dorsally compressed: R<1, or ventrally compressed: R>2.

Quantifying the morphology of key species caught in the southern Brazilian penaeid-trawl fishery as a precursor to improving selection

Angiotensin II and cardiovascular regulation in a freshwater teleost, Anguilla rostrata LeSueur.

EVIDENCE OF A FUNCTIONAL RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM IN THE CHANNEL CATFISH (ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS)

Structure and ultrastructure of the testis and sperm formation in goodeid teleosts. J.

Reproductive Morphology of Male Black Perch (Embiotoca jacksoni)

[45.] Breves JP, McCormick SD, Karlstrom RO (2014) Prolactin and teleost ionocytes: new insights into cellular and molecular targets of prolactin in vertebrate epithelia.

Effect of Salinity on Growth Hormone Family and Gonadotropin/Gonadal Axis of Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus

Cortical alveoli in oocytes of freshwater neotropical teleost fish.

Morfologia comparativa de las gonadas de seis especies de peces de la familia Anostomidae (Characiformes: Anostomidae)

Towards a universal scale to assess sexual maturation and related life history traits in oviparous teleost fishes.

Gonadal Development of Peprilus medius (Peters, 1869) (Perciformes: Stromateidae) from Southeast of the Gulf of California, Mexico/Desarrollo Gonadico de Peprilus medius (Peters, 1869) (Perciformes: Stromateidae) del Sureste del Golfo de California, Mexico