Taste

Question 1

What is another way to say taste?

Answer 1

• gustatory chemoreception

Question 2

How do fish taste

Answer 2

• perception of chemicals upon contact
• identify food and noxious substances

Question 3

What receptors allow for taste in fish?

Answer 3

• taste buds and free nerve endings (external surfaces)

Question 4

Where are tastebuds and free nerve endings found?

Answer 4

• in mouth, gill, gill arches and exterior surfaces (skin, fins, barbels)

Question 5

Feeding habits influence ___ _____

Answer 5

• brain morphology

Question 6

What are characteristics of the brain of a fish feeding primarily by taste and sight? (2)

Answer 6

• enlarged vagal loves (mouth)
• prominent optic (developed) and facial loves (barbels)

Question 7

What are characteristics of the brain of a fish feeding primarily through the use of barbels? (2)

Answer 7

• enlarged facial lobes
• reduced vagal lobes

Question 8

What are characteristics of the brain of a fish feeding primarily by sight? (2)

Answer 8

• poorly developed vegal and facial lobes
• enlarged optic lobes