Journal
ZYGOTE
Volume 29, Issue 6, Pages 484-489Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S096719942100023X
Keywords
Eye layers; Larval development; Mouth opening; Teleosts; Yolk sac
Funding
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnol 'ogico (CNPq) [306946/2016-5, 407719/2016-4]
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) [APQ03232-15]
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Study on larval development of Geophagus brasiliensis, known as Cara, showed that development at 30 degrees Celsius was faster compared to lower temperatures, with key morphological events occurring earlier at this temperature.
Studies on the larval development of fish are essential for conservation and improvements in cultivation techniques. Geophagus brasiliensis popularly known as Cara has potential as a fish of interest in ornamental aquaculture. Wild adults of G. brasiliensis were kept in an aquarium for spontaneous reproduction. Newly hatched larvae were transferred to 5-litre aquaria at 22, 26 and 30 degrees C until total yolk sac resorption. Histological slides were used for biometric analysis and monitoring of larval ontogenesis at different temperatures. Histologically, from the first to the fourth days it was possible to identify myomeres, optic vesicle, yolk syncytial layer, brain, heart and differentiation of the eye layers. From the fourth to the seventh days, it was possible to identify mandibular and gill cartilages, swim bladder, liver, prismatic epithelium with striated border in intestine and renal epithelium. All biometric measurements increased over the days, except height and length of the yolk sac, which gradually decreased until the complete resorption of the yolk sac that occurred on the fifth day at a temperature of 30 degrees C, the sixth day at 26 degrees C and the seventh day at 22 degrees C. Morphological events at 30 degrees C such as the reabsorption of the yolk sac, the appearance of cartilage in the branchial arches and differentiation of the layers of the eyes occurred faster compared with the other temperatures tested. Opening of the mouth and digestive tract occurred at a similar time on the fourth day in all temperatures.
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