Animal cells and systems

The Korean Society for Integrative Biology (한국통합생물학회)
권호 표지

Morphology of Retinas and Lenses in the Fish of the Genus Zacco (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae): Possible Relationship with Prey and Habitat

  • Lim, Jae-Won (Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Chung-Lyul (Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Kunsan National University) ;
  • Lee, Moo-Sam (Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Chonbuk National University)
  • Published : 2003.12.01
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

Vertebrates with different habitats have different proportions of visual cells, with the rod cells responding to scotopic vision and the cone cells responding to photopic and color vision in their retinas. The present work studied whether the kinds and arrangement patterns of the cone cells and interlocking morphology of the lens were related to the kind of preys and habitats in the genus Zacco. The retinas were observed by a light microscopy using H-E staining method and the interlocking formula of the lens fibers were investigated by a scanning electron microscopy. The interlocking formula of the lens fibers of Z. temmincki is an ' anchor and socket ' connection, and that of Z. platypus is a ' ball and socket ' connection. The cone cells of Z. platypus and Z. temmincki constituted compacted mosaic patterns of row type. Away from the center, the double and single cone cells gradually increased in diameter. Zacco temmincki had identical double cone cells and Z. platypus had non-identical double and single cone cells. The eyes of Z. temminckifeeding on a moving aquatic insects in relative limpid water and swift current of mid and upper stream have better resolution than that of Z. platypus feeding on mainly adhesive algae and some aquatic insects in slightly turbid water of mid stream.

Keywords

References

  1. Ali MA and Anctil M (1976) Retinas of Fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp 104-114
  2. Bowmaker JK and Kunz YW (1987) Ultraviolet receptors, tetrachromatic colour vision and retinal mosaics in the brown trout(Salmo trutta): age-dependent change. Vision Res 27: 2101-2108 https://doi.org/10.1016/0042-6989(87)90124-6
  3. Carl IN (2001) Pattern formation in the zebrafish retina. Cell Dev Biol 12: 485-490 https://doi.org/10.1006/scdb.2001.0272
  4. Cook JE and Chalupa LM (2000) Retinal mosaics: new insights into an old concept. Trends Neurosci 23: 26-34 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-2236(99)01487-3
  5. Dabrowski KR (1982) The influence of light intensity on feeding of fish larvae and fry. Zool Jahrb Physiol 20: 211-228
  6. Engstrom K (1958) On the cone mosaic in the retina of Parus major. Acta Zool 5: 65-69
  7. Engstrom K (1960) Cone types and cone arrangements in the retina of some cyprinids. Acta Zool 41: 277-295 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6395.1960.tb00481.x
  8. Engstrom K (1963) Structure, organization and ultrastructure of the visual cells in the teleost family Labridae. Acta Zool 44: 1-14 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6395.1963.tb00399.x
  9. Fuiman LA and Magurran AE (1994) Development of predator defenses in fish. Rev Fish Biol Fish 4: 145-183 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00044127
  10. Han C and Walter G (1997) A novel zebrafish gene expressed specifically in the photoreceptor cells of the retina. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 237: 84-89 https://doi.org/10.1006/bbrc.1997.7081
  11. Harosi FI and Hashimoto Y (1983) Ultraviolet visual pigment in a vertebrate: a tetrachromatic cone system in the dace. Science 222: 1021-1023 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.6648514
  12. Kim IS (1997) Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fauna and Flora of Korea. Vol. 37. Freshwater Fishes. Ministry of Education of Korea, Seoul, pp 220-271
  13. Kessel RG and Kardon RH (1979) Tissues and Organs: A Text-atlas of Scanning Electron Microscopy. W H Freeman and Company, New York, pp 84-105
  14. Levine JS and MacNichol EF (1979) Visual pigments in teleost fishes: effects of habitats, microhabitats and behaviour on visual system evolution. Sens Proc 3: 95-131
  15. Lim JW, Lee CL, Lee WK, and Jye-Gal SJ (2002) Comparative study of lens and retinal tissues in Zacco temmincki and Hemibarbus longirostris (Cyprinidae, Cyprinifomes). Korean J Ichthyol 14: 183-189
  16. Locket NA (1977) Adaptations to the deep sea environment. In: Crescitelli F (ed), The Visual System in Vertebrates. Handbook of Sensory Physiology. Springer Verlag, pp 67-192
  17. Lyall AH (1957) Cone arrangements in teleost retina. Quart J Microsc Sci 98: 189-201
  18. Mochizuki A (2002) Pattern formation of the cone mosaic in the zebrafish retina: a cell rearrangement model. J Theor Biol 215: 345-361 https://doi.org/10.1006/jtbi.2001.2508
  19. Nicol JAC (1989) The Eye of Fishes. Clarendon Press, Oxford, pp 1-308
  20. Nishwaki Y, Oishi T, Tokunaga F, and Morita T (1997) Three-dimensional reconstitution of cone arrangement on the spherical surface of the retina in the madaka eyes. Zool Sci 14: 795-801 https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.14.795
  21. Ole M (1984) Duplex retina in the mesopelagic teleost Radiicephalus elongatus osorio, 1917. Vidensk Meddr Dabnk Naturh Foren 145: 183-199
  22. Schultze M (1866) Zur Anatomie und Physiologie der Retina. Arch Mikrosc Anat 2: 175-286 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02962033
  23. Shusaku T, Atsushi M, and Yoh I (1999) Formation of cone mosaic of zebrafish retina. J Theor Biol 200: 231-244 https://doi.org/10.1006/jtbi.1999.0990
  24. Van der Meer HJ (1992) Constructional morphology of photoreceptor patterns in percomorph fish. Acta Biotheor 40: 51-85 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00046551