The development of hearing abilities in the shark Scyliorhinus canicula

[en] The few works on audition in sharks and rays concern only adult specimens. We report the hearing abilities in the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula at different stages, from embryos that still have their yolk sac inside their egg, to juveniles. Hearing development corresponds to an increase in the frequency range from 100−300 Hz in early pre-hatching stages to 100–600 Hz in juveniles. Modifications in hearing abilities correspond to the development of the brain, the increase of the volume of the membranous labyrinth, the growth of the sensory epithelium, and the development of stereocilia in addition to kinocilium before hatching. This work offers solid insights into the development of hearing abilities that usually can only be inferred from the anatomy of vertebrates or after birth/hatching. It shows also that shark can be sensitive to background noise during development.

Research Center/Unit :

AFFISH-RC - Applied and Fundamental FISH Research Center - ULiège
FOCUS - Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch - ULiège

Disciplines :

Anatomy (cytology, histology, embryology...) & physiology

Author, co-author :

Parmentier, Eric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Morphologie fonctionnelle et évolutive

Banse, Marine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Morphologie fonctionnelle et évolutive

Boistel, Renaud

Compère, Philippe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Morphologie fonctionnelle et évolutive

Bertucci, Frédéric

Colleye, Orphal ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > > Service d'anatomie et cytologie pathologiques ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Unilab > Laboratoire microscopie électronique

Language :

English

Title :

The development of hearing abilities in the shark Scyliorhinus canicula

Publication date :

21 May 2020

Journal title :

American Journal of Anatomy

ISSN :

0002-9106

Publisher :

John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, United States - New York

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Funders :

F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique

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