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http://dx.doi.org/10.13000/JFMSE.2016.28.4.1098

Influence of Light Intensity on the Blind-side Hypermelanosis in Starry Flounder Plathchthys stellatus  

KIM, Won Jin (Southeast Sea Fisheries Research Institute, NIFS)
SHIN, Yun Kyung (Southeast Sea Fisheries Research Institute, NIFS)
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Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education / v.28, no.4, 2016 , pp. 1098-1106 More about this Journal
Abstract
To study the influence of light intensity on blind-side hypermelanosis of starry flounder, Platichthys stellatus, we compared growth, glucose, cortisol, ratio of malpigmented blind-side area, ambicolored fish ratio and expression of mch mRNA for 60 days in 0 lux(darkness) and 20 lux(low light density). The test was done in duplicate at 50 fish/tank with the selected ordinary juvenile flounder. The rearing was performed in FRP aquarium tanks ($H100cm{\times}L100cm{\times}W100cm$). Growth was higher in the 0 lux. The ratio of malpigmented blind-side area and ambicolored fish ratio were significantly higher at the 0 lux than at the 20 lux. The result suggests that 20 lux could inhibit the hypermelanosis. The expression level of MCH 1, 2 mRNA was significantly lower in 0 lux, indicating that MCH 1, 2 and light intensity are related to blind-side hypermelanosis of starry flounder.
Keywords
Starry flounder; Light intensity; Hypermelanosis; Growth;
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