云南武定中泥盆世骨鳞鱼目一新种

本文记述的是采自云南武定中泥盆统地层中的一个总鳍类、骨鳞鱼目(Osteolepiformes Jarvik 1942)、骨鳞鱼科(Osteolepididae Cope 1889)的瑟索鱼属(Thursius)化石新种——武定瑟索鱼(Thursius wudingensis sp. nov.).对骨鳞鱼化石的记述在国内尚属首次.本文除了对化石新种进行描述和分类之外,还对武定瑟索鱼的生物地理意义以及它与杨氏鱼的关系作了尝试性的探讨.     

浅谈肺鱼

众所周知,鱼类通常用鳃呼吸,用鳔来调节身体的比重。但有些鱼类可以用鳔呼吸,如肺鱼、多鳍鱼、全骨鱼类、巨骨舌鱼、荫鱼、长颌鱼、脂鲤等。在此重点谈谈闻名世界的肺鱼类(Bipnoi)。肺鱼是一类与总鳍鱼有着类似历史的古老动物,它出现于早泥盆纪,并在二迭纪时繁盛起来。到了三迭纪时,肺鱼的种类和数量均大为减少。至今全世界现存肺鱼仅三属六种,且均生活在淡水中,学者们称之为“活化石”。这三个属是:澳大利亚肺鱼属(Neoceratodus),亦称“新角齿鱼”,是较原始的类群,如澳大利亚肺鱼[N.forsteri     

基于线粒体DNA控制区序列变异探讨黑龙江和图们江细鳞鲑属鱼类的分类地位

基于细鳞鲑属Brachymystas鱼类的线粒体DNA控制区基因序列变异,对分布于黑龙江水系中国境内的尖吻细鳞鲑(sharp-snouted lenok)和钝吻细鳞鲑(blunt-snouted lenok),及分布于图们江的图们江细鳞鲑B.tumensis进行分子系统关系研究,为进一步确定黑龙江水系2种细鳞鲑的分类学地位、有效命名及图们江细鳞鲑物种地位性提供分子生物学依据.分布于黑龙江水系的细鳞鲑种群在系统发育树中明显构成2个独立的进化分支,分别对应可经形态鉴别而差异显著的尖吻细鳞鲑和钝吻细鳞鲑,平均序列分歧为1.9%,在属内已达到种间分化水平;图们江细鳞鲑与尖吻细鳞鲑的呼玛河、乌苏里江、奎勒河等种群共同构为1个进化分支,与尖吻细鳞鲑的序列分歧(平均为1.2%)远低于与钝吻细鳞鲑的序列分歧(平均为2.2%).结合形态学的初步研究结果(图们江细鳞鲑的主要形态特征偏向于尖吻细鳞鲑),不支持图们江细鳞鲑独立种的分类地位,建议为尖吻细鳞鲑B.lenok的同物异名,也不支持普遍认为的钝吻细鳞鲑的有效学名为B.tumensis,其有效命名还待商榷,暂属未定名种.综上所述,基于基因序列分析的遗传学结果进一步验证了形态学的分类结论,即在黑龙江水系细鳞鲑属有2个独立的种,分别为尖吻细鳞鲑B.lenok和钝吻细鳞鲑B.sp.,而图们江细鳞鲑B.tumensis应归为尖吻细鳞鲑B.lenok的同物异名.     

滇东北昭通附近早泥盆世脊椎动物化石新知

本文记述了发现于云南昭通箐门沟箐门水库附近的几件早期脊椎动物化石,其中包括盔甲鱼类一新种,层位是下泥盆统坡松冲组。新种云南龙门山鱼（Lungmenshanaspisyunnanensissp.nov）与属型种江油龙门山鱼在纹饰上存在明显等异。其头甲侧凹应为自然边缘,龙门山鱼侧背孔并不存在。本文描述的骨鳞鱼类为目前所知层位最低的骨鳞鱼类化石,其额筛甲前端向下强烈弯曲,具分离的前上颌骨,具有杨氏鱼的一些特征。其眼眶凹非常大且深,下颌垂直凹线的位置十分靠前,k／m值在已知的骨鳞鱼目种类中为最大。昭通三歧鱼（SanqiaspiszhaotongensisLiu）新材料补充了正型标本在感觉管系统保存上的不足。文中对有关的生物地层问题也作了讨论。     

中国怒江流域墨头鱼属鱼类一新种(鲤形目:鲤科)

2003年4月,于怒江二级支流镇康县境内的大叉河中采获一批墨头鱼属（Garra）鱼类标本,经鉴定为一新种,命名为怒江墨头鱼（G. nujiangensis Chen and Yang, sp. nov.）。该新种主要鉴别特征：围尾柄鳞12～14;侧线鳞48～50;在小个体中有一对微小的吻须;背鳍分支鳍条 8～9;侧线上鳞5～6,侧线下鳞3～4;体高小于头长;臀鳍起点处的小于眼后至吻端的距离;腹鳍前长为体长的50.0%～53.7%;肛门前长为体长的58.9%～63.9%;体宽为体长的 16.7%～19.6%;体高为体长的19.2%～22.6%。本研究证实,在缺须的墨头鱼属的一些物种中,如高体墨头鱼（G. alticorpora）和怒江墨头鱼（G. nujiangensis）,其幼体中往往具有一对很小的吻须。     

潘氏北票鲟的新材料及鲟类系统关系

本文依据大量潘氏北票鲟的新材料对该种的特征作了补充,主要包括吻部骨片、围眶骨系统、舌颌骨、上颌骨的外翼突、方轭骨、轴部骨骼、尾部棘鳞及轴上鳍条等.另外还对后颞骨、鳃条骨等特征进行了修正.北票鲟的生长与埋藏特点表明北票鲟可能与现生鲟类一样也具有洄游生活的习性.对丰宁北票鲟同潘氏北票鲟的比较表明,除奇鳍条数目不同外,二者在其它方面被认为存在的差别或不成立或需进一步检验.建议将列鳍鱼(Stichopterus)归入修订后的北票鲟科,并认为北票鲟科代表了与鲟科关系最近的已知化石类群.     

西伯利亚鲟仔鱼侧线系统的发育

鲟鱼属软骨硬鳞鱼,在电感受器的进化中占据着极为重要的地位。该文以光镜和扫描电镜手段研究了西伯利亚鲟侧线系统早期发育,包括侧线基板发育及感觉嵴的形成、侧线感受器的发育和侧线管道的形成。1日龄,听囊前后外胚层增厚区域出现6对侧线基板;除后侧线基板细胞向躯干侧面迁移外,其他侧线基板均形成感觉嵴结构;每一侧线基板中均有神经丘原基形成。7日龄,壶腹器官在吻部腹面两侧出现,壶腹器官的发育比神经丘晚一周左右。9日龄,神经丘下的表皮略有凹陷,侧线管道开始形成。29日龄,在吻部腹面两侧可见少数个别的壶腹器官表皮细胞覆盖壶腹器官中央区域留下3～4个小的开口;壶腹管内可见大量的微绒毛存在,在其他鲟形目鱼类、软骨鱼类中也存在类似的结构。57日龄,躯干侧线管道已完全埋于侧骨板中;壶腹器官主要分布在吻部腹面,3～4个聚集在一起,呈"梅花状",分布紧密,并且该部分皮肤表面凹陷,形成花朵状凹穴;侧线系统发育完善。     

中华青鳞鱼 Harengula nymphaea 的室内培养

青磷鱼是一种产量较高、分布广的近岸中上层经济鱼类,是沿海群众渔业主要品种之一。因其吻部易撞伤,鳞片大量脱落,故难以人工培养。至今尚未见到此鱼室内培养的报道,为了开展青鳞鱼对放射性同位素浓缩的试验和其它的生态实验,我们于1977—1978年进行了中华青鳞鱼室内培养试验。     

脊椎动物从水生到陆生演化过程中的遗传创新

泥盆纪时期(4 亿年前)脊椎动物登陆事件是脊椎动物演化史上的一次巨大飞跃,需要脊椎动物在呼吸系统、运动系统和神经系统等诸多方面进行系统革新[1,2],从而适应从水生到陆生环境的改变.长期的古生物学和系统分类学研究显示,现存四足动物最近的鱼类近亲是肺鱼,而肉鳍鱼亚纲(包含空棘鱼、肺鱼和四足动物)与辐鳍鱼亚纲(常见的各种鱼...     

长江干流圆筒吻(鱼句)的年龄与生长

根据551尾标本研究了生活在长江干流中圆筒吻(鱼句)的年龄与生长,并提出了资源合理利用建议.圆筒吻(鱼句)的鳞片可作为年龄鉴定的依据,年轮形成期主要在2～5月.圆筒吻(鱼句)的体长与鳞长呈直线关系,与体重呈幂指数关系,生长适合Von Bertalanffy生长方程.在1～2龄生长最快,为保护圆筒吻(鱼句)资源,应限捕体长200 mm以下的个体.     

Skin structure in the snout of the Australian lungfish,Neoceratodus forsteri (Osteichthyes: Dipnoi)

Many fossil lungfish have a system of mineralised tubules in the dermis of the snout, branching extensively and radiating towards the epidermis. The tubules anastomose in the superficial layer of the dermis, forming a plexus consisting of two layers of vessels, with branches that expand into pore canals and flask organs, flanked by cosmine nodules where these are present. Traces of this system are found in the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, consisting of branching tubules in the dermis, a double plexus below the epidermis and dermal papillae entering the epidermis without reaching the surface. In N. forsteri, the tubules, the plexus and the dermal papillae consist of thick, unmineralised connective tissue, enclosing fine blood vessels packed with lymphocytes. Tissues in the epidermis and the dermis of N. forsteri are not associated with deposits of calcium, which is below detectable limits in the skin of the snout at all stages of the life cycle. Canals of the sensory line system, with mechanoreceptors, are separate from the tubules, the plexus and the dermal papillae, as are the electroreceptors in the epidermis. The system of tubules, plexus, dermal papillae and lymphatic capillaries may function to protect the tissues of the snout from infection.     

Skin and Blood Vessels of the Snout of the Australian Lungfish,Neoceratodus forsteri,and their Significance for Interpreting the Cosmine of Devonian Lungfishes

Improved structural and functional interpretations regarding the dermal skeleton of Paleozoic lungfishes (Dipnoi) can be derived from a direct comparison of Recent and fossil tissues. In particular, skin from the snout of adult Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) contains horizontal plexuses and vertical capillary loops which resemble in structure, size and density components of the cosmine layer in such Paleozoic lungfishes as Dipterus valenciennesi and Chirodipterus australis. In addition to these dermal papillae, the skin of the snout also contains ampullary electroreceptors, goblet cells, compound mucus glands, and terminal branches and openings of the mechanoreceptive lateral line system. Pore canal systems of fossil lungfishes previously have been interpreted as housing electroreceptors or other cutaneous sense organs of the lateral line system. In contrast, we regard pore canal systems as evidence of a complex cutaneous vasculature involved in the deposition of mineralized tissues. Prevailing ideas on the structure and biological role of cosmine are reinterpreted, including the theory that electroreceptors played an important part in the origin of the dermal skeleton.     

Microarchitecture of Body Wall of Extant Cyclostome Ectoprocts

Scanning electron microscope and light microscope studies ofthe body wall in cyclostome stenolaemate ectoprocts show thatthis wall has a distinctive microarchitecture. The microstructuresconsist of a linear series of longitudinal canals in the centralregion. Adjoining regions on either side have laminae of overlappingcalcareous tablets. In some cyclostomes at certain stages ofgrowth, laminae may show a less orderly meshwork pattern nearthe canals. The laminate layers of calcareous tablets are enclosedin an organic matrix and are penetrated by tubuli which passfrom the inner part of the body wall to the canals and alsolink the canals. The canals with organic and mineralized matricesopen into pores in the body wall. This elaborate meshwork andcanal and pore system provide the framework for growth and resorptionof the body wall and facilitate transport of cellular materialsfrom one zooid to another in a colony. Calcification at thedistal part of a colony seems to proceed in a series of stagesaround sites of calcification. The pattern of the body wallof the cyclostome ectoproct does not parallel a molluscan patternof skeletal growth as previously proposed. The hypothesis ofa hypostegal coelom in some cyclostome ectoprocts is rejected.     

Mechanosensory system of the lateral line in the subantarctic Patagonian blenny Eleginops maclovinus

This study describes the cephalic and trunk lateral line systems in Patagonian blenny Eleginops maclovinus juveniles, providing morphological details for pores, canals and neuromasts. Eleginops maclovinus juveniles possess a complete laterodorsal lateral line that extends from the upper apex of the gill opening along the trunk as far as the caudal fin. The lateral line was ramified through pores and canals. The following pores were recorded: four supraorbital pores, with two along the eye border and two on the snout; seven infraorbital pores, with three on the lacrimal bone and four being infraorbital; five postorbital pores, with three along the preopercular border (upper preoperculum branch) and two on the bone curvature (inferior preoperculum branch); and four mandibular pores aligned along the jaw. Furthermore, five narrow-simple and interconnected canals were found (i.e. preopercular, mandibular, supraorbital and infraorbital canals). Histologically, the dorsal lateral line presented thin neuromasts (350 μm) with short hair cells. By contrast, the cranial region presented long, thick neuromasts. Infraorbital and mandibular neuromasts had a major axis length of 260 μm and respective average diameters of 200 and 185 μm. Sensory system variations would be due to a greater concentration of neuromasts in the cranial region, allowing for a greater perception of changes in water pressure. Scarce morphological information is available for the lateral sensory system in Eleginopsidae, particularly compared to Channichthyidae, Bovichthydae, Artedidraconidae and Bathydraconidae. Therefore, the presented results form a fundamental foundation of knowledge for the lateral-line system in juvenile E. maclovinus and provide a basis for future related research in this taxon as well as within the Notothenioidei suborder.     

蝉次目昆虫“足-消化道-马氏管”的形态/功能分化及其在蝉次目昆虫系统演化中的意义

对蝉次目3个总科(蝉总科,沫蝉总科,角蝉总科)代表类群(12种成虫)的足、消化道和马氏管的形态结构及其分化进行了比较形态学研究,提出蝉次目昆虫消化道及马氏管整体结构可被划分为两种类型的观点(蝉总科和沫蝉总科消化道及马氏管整体结构为同一种类型,角蝉总科消化道及马氏管整体结构为另一种类型),并分别绘制了两种类型的模式结构图;基于成虫的马氏管比较形态学研究,提出蝉次目昆虫成虫马氏管可被划分为6部分的观点,并分别绘制了角蝉科、叶蝉科、蝉科和沫蝉科成虫的马氏管区域分化模式结构图。研究结果表明,蝉次目昆虫的足、消化道、马氏管的形态、功能分化与其生物学、行为生态学特性等密切相关,其形态学特征既为蝉次目各类群的单系性提供了重要支持证据,也为进一步从行为学、生态学、生物学等方面探讨蝉次目的系统演化历史提供了新的信息;研究结果支持蝉总科和沫蝉总科为姊妹群的观点,即蝉次目3个总科的系统关系为角蝉总科+(蝉总科+沫蝉总科)。     

LATE DEVONIAN (FAMENNIAN) LUNGFISHES FROM THE CATSKILL FORMATION OF PENNSYLVANIA, USA

Abstract:  Occurrences of fossil lungfishes (Dipnoi: Sarcopterygii) in the Famennian Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania are reviewed. A nearly complete dermal skull roof is assigned to a new genus and species, Apatorhynchus opistheretmus . Other recently discovered lungfish specimens include an incomplete postcranium similar to that of the Frasnian genus Fleurantia , a small parasphenoid of uncertain affinities, and isolated toothplates. Previously described dipnoan remains from the Catskill Formation include a partial skull roof of Soederberghia groenlandica , toothplates assigned to several species of Dipterus , a putative rostral or symphysial region placed in the problematic form taxon Ganorhynchus , and sedimentary structures interpreted as burrows. The toothplates attributed to Dipterus are indeterminate and are placed in open nomenclature, while the specimen identified as Ganorhynchus is not convincingly dipnoan. The status of the burrows remains uncertain pending the discovery of lungfish remains within these or similar structures in Catskill deposits. The distinct ichthyofaunas within the Catskill Formation and their lungfish components are briefly reviewed. Lungfishes are found in the Holoptychius - and Bothriolepis -dominated faunas common in the Catskill succession, as well as in the compositionally distinctive Red Hill assemblage. Many of the Devonian continental faunas that contain tetrapods also include long-snouted, denticle-bearing lungfishes ('rhynchodipterids', fleurantiids, or both). The composition of Late Devonian ichthyofaunas may have predictive qualities that will allow researchers to identify localities likely to produce the remains of early tetrapods.     

Development of the supraorbital and mandibular lateral line canals in the cichlid,Archocentrus nigrofasciatus

The development of two of the cranial lateral line canals is described in the cichlid, Archocentrus nigrofasciatus. Four stages of canal morphogenesis are defined based on histological analysis of the supraorbital and mandibular canals. "Canal enclosure" and "canal ossification" are defined as two discrete stages in lateral line canal development, which differ in duration, an observation that has interesting implications for the ontogeny of lateral line function. Canal diameter in the vicinity of individual neuromasts begins to increase before ossification of the canal roof in each canal segment; this increase in canal diameter is accompanied by an increase in canal neuromast size. The mandibular canal generally develops later than the supraorbital canal in this species, but in both of these canals development of the different canal segments contained within a single dermal bone is asynchronous. These observations suggest that a dynamic process requiring integration and interaction among different tissues, in both space and time, underlies the development of the cranial lateral line canal system. The supraorbital and mandibular canals appear to demonstrate a "one-component" pattern of development in Archocentrus nigrofasciatus, where the walls of each canal segment grow up from the underlying dermal bone and then fuse to form the bony canal roof. This is contrary to numerous published reports that describe a "two-component" pattern of development in teleosts where the bony canal ossifies separately and then fuses with an underlying dermal bone. A survey of the literature in which lateral line canal development is described using histological analysis suggests that the occurrence of two different patterns of canal morphogenesis ("one-component" and "two-component") may be due to phylogenetic variation in the pattern of the development of the lateral line canals.     

The Sensory Canal Systems of the Living Coelacanth, Latimeria Chalumnae: A New Instalment

Entire sensory canal systems of the coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae, are described: not only the course of principal canals with their primary and secondary collaterals, but also the course and branches of the pit-line and reticular canals. The number of pores on the left side of the head were found to be 296 in an early (yolksac) embryo, 321 in a late term fetus, 485 in a juvenile, and 2974 in adults. This means that in latimeria most of the lateral-line canal system develop after parturition. Pit lines of the living coelacanth are not rows of superficial neuromasts but canals covered by a thin epidermis like in other sensory canals of the lateral line. These pit-line canals, however, have a very specific structure and branching pattern: the medial dorsal pit-line canal is connected by fine branches on top of the head. The infra-dentary pit-line canal connects via these branches with canals deep inside the bones. Several fine and richly branched canaliculi of unknown function radiate from each quadratojugal pit-line canal. The gular plate pit-line canal has superficially branching arms as well as connections to numerous deeper canals inside the bone. These canals consist of fine branches that in turn lead to and open on the ventral surface of the gular plates as small pores. The system is reminiscent of the reticular (pore) canal system known only from some fossil agnathans and fishes. Thus latimeria combines the reticular system of ancient vertebrates with the lateral-line system of modern fishes. The significance of this gular (possibly electro-sensory) system for feeding by the coelacanth will be discussed.