Brains of this World: Fish

By Tonny Mulder


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All about fish brains


The phylogeny of fishes

All fish belong to the subphylum Vertebrata which for fish can be separated into the jawless fish (Infraphyla: Agnatha, which includes hagfish and lampreys and jawed fish, belonging to the jawed vertibrates (Infraphyla: Gnathostomata).

The jawless fish can be divided into two classes: cartilaginous fish (Chrondrichthyes), which includes rays and sharks and bony fish (Osteichthyes).

The bony fish contain two classes: ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii) which include the infraclass Teleostei containing almost 96% of all fish species and the lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii) that include oa the coelocanths and lungfishes.

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The anatomy of fishes

The anatomy of bony fish is represented here

  • Brain [&] spinal cord: Yellow
  • Circulatory system: Red
  • Reproductive system: Pinkish
  • Respiratory system: Grey
  • Digestive system: Green
  • Swim bladder: Orange

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The Fish Brain

In general all fish brain can be divided into Six sections from anterior to posterior:

  • Olfactory lobe
  • Telencephalon
  • Diencephalon containing the hypothalamus (Hy) and the pituitary gland (Pi)
  • Mesencephalon also know as the optic tectum (OT)
  • Rhombencephalon containing the cerebellum (Ce) and the Medula Oblongata (MO)
  • Spinal cord

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Hinke Boer, Fons Brauers, Andy Louter, Lindsey Pennaertz, Aisha Raja and Tonny Mulder - University of Amsterdam