Taste Flashcards
1
Q
What is another way to say taste?
A
- gustatory chemoreception
2
Q
How do fish taste
A
- perception of chemicals upon contact
- identify food and noxious substances
3
Q
What receptors allow for taste in fish?
A
- taste buds and free nerve endings (external surfaces)
4
Q
Where are tastebuds and free nerve endings found?
A
- in mouth, gill, gill arches and exterior surfaces (skin, fins, barbels)
5
Q
Feeding habits influence ___ _____
A
- brain morphology
6
Q
What are characteristics of the brain of a fish feeding primarily by taste and sight? (2)
A
- enlarged vagal loves (mouth)
- prominent optic (developed) and facial loves (barbels)
7
Q
What are characteristics of the brain of a fish feeding primarily through the use of barbels? (2)
A
- enlarged facial lobes
- reduced vagal lobes
8
Q
What are characteristics of the brain of a fish feeding primarily by sight? (2)
A
- poorly developed vegal and facial lobes
- enlarged optic lobes
