Zoology of Fishes

The Zoological Society of Japan is one of the longest-standing scientific societies in Japan, and it has been publishing a unique prestigious international journal in zoology, Zoological Science, for a long period of time since its foundation in 1984 as the continuation of Zoological Magazine (1888–1983) and Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses (1897–1983). One of the most salient features of the Society and the Journal may be the variety of species of animals used in the studies by the members of the society and the authors of the journal. Among various animal species, fish may have contributed to almost all disciplines of presentations and publications, including behavioral biology, biochemistry, cell biology, developmental biology, diversity and evolution, ecology, endocrinology, genetics, immunology, morphology, neurobiology, phylogeny, reproductive biology, and taxonomy. Owing to the recent advancement of modern molecular genetic methods in biology, not a few fish species have contributed to various research disciplines in zoological science as model animals. The present Special Issue includes various kinds of such studies in zoological science by taking advantage of a variety of fish species, which are contributed by authors of various generations ranging from junior to senior zoologists.

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[2]  Y. Takeuchi.  Developmental Process of a Pronounced Laterality in the Scale-eating Cichlid Fish Perissodus microlepis in Lake Tanganyika , 2023, Zoological Science.

[3]  Y. Oka,et al.  Acetylcholine Inhibits Spontaneous Firing Activity of Terminal Nerve GnRH Neurons in Medaka , 2023, Zoological Science.

[4]  Y. Oka.  Neural Control of Sexual Behavior in Fish , 2023, Zoological Science.

[5]  H. Takeda,et al.  Teratorn and Its Related Elements – a Novel Group of Herpesviruses Widespread in Teleost Genomes , 2023, Zoological Science.

[6]  N. Yamamoto,et al.  Ascending Visual Pathways to the Telencephalon in Teleosts with Special Focus on Forebrain Visual Centers, Associated Neural Circuitries, and Evolution , 2023, Zoological Science.

[7]  M. Kawasaki.  Time-Comparator Neural Circuits of Gymnotiform Electric Fishes , 2023, Zoological Science.

[8]  T. Finger,et al.  Histological and Molecular Characterization of the Inferior Olivary Nucleus and Climbing Fibers in the Goldfish, Carassius auratus , 2023, Zoological Science.

[9]  Mayu Inokuchi,et al.  Segment-Dependent Gene Expression Profiling of the Cartilaginous Fish Nephron Using Laser Microdissection for Functional Characterization of Nephron at Segment Levels , 2023, Zoological Science.

[10]  Nagisa Yoshida,et al.  Co-existing neuropeptide FF and gonadotropin-releasing hormone 3 coordinately modulate male sexual behavior. , 2021, Endocrinology.

[11]  Masahumi Kawaguchi,et al.  Afferent and efferent connections of the nucleus prethalamicus in the yellowfin goby Acanthogobius flavimanus , 2020, The Journal of comparative neurology.

[12]  S. Morishita,et al.  Complete fusion of a transposon and herpesvirus created the Teratorn mobile element in medaka fish , 2017, Nature Communications.

[13]  M. Kohda,et al.  Facial Recognition in a Group-Living Cichlid Fish , 2015, PloS one.

[14]  Y. Yamaguchi,et al.  Morphological and functional characteristics of the kidney of cartilaginous fishes: with special reference to urea reabsorption. , 2014, American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology.

[15]  Y. Oda,et al.  Lateralized Kinematics of Predation Behavior in a Lake Tanganyika Scale-Eating Cichlid Fish , 2012, PloS one.

[16]  M. Kawasaki.  Evolution of Time-Coding Systems in Weakly Electric Fishes , 2009, Zoological science.

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