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The Mauthner system of deep sea teleosts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2009

Q. Bone  and
N. B. Marshall
Q. Bone
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB
N. B. Marshall
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB
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Abstract

Spinal cords in deep sea fishes of 37 families have been examined for the presence and relative size of Mauthner axons. No correlation has been found between fish size, and the relative diameter of the Mauthner axon in different species. However, counts of primary motoneuron number and myotomal muscle fibre number in each segment suggest that Mauthner axon diameter is related to the numbers of these in each segment. The behavioural role of the Mauthner system is discussed, and it is concluded that in certain elongate-bodied fishes such as halosaurs and macrourids, a C-type startle response is unlikely.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 63 , Issue 4 , November 1983 , pp. 881 - 896
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1983

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