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The Development of Startle Responses in Herring Larvae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. H. S. Blaxter  and
R. S. Batty
J. H. S. Blaxter
Affiliation:
Scottish Marine Biological Association, Dunstaffhage Marine Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 3, Oban, Argyll PA34 4AD
R. S. Batty
Affiliation:
Scottish Marine Biological Association, Dunstaffhage Marine Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 3, Oban, Argyll PA34 4AD
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In common with many teleosts, herring show marked ‘fast startle’ responses when subjected to sound stimuli from a vibrating source (Blaxter, Gray & Denton, 1981). These comprise a sharp C-shaped contortion of the body; the fish respond to transients of as little as half a cycle of sound with a latency of about 25 ms and the turn is usually away from the sound source. There is good evidence that the Mauthner cells are implicated in other species (see Eaton & Hackett, 1984) but this has not been established in the herring, although they are known to be present.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , August 1985 , pp. 737 - 750
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1985

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