Sharply Angled Lateral Curvature Modification in Anal Fin of a Viviparous Fish, Xenotoca variata (Cyprinodontiformes: Goodeidae). 2021

Atsuo Iida, and Risako Nakai, and Jumpei Nomura, and Rieko Tanaka, and Nobutoshi Mizuno, and Masami Kurobe, and Eiichi Hondo
Department of Animal Sciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan, tol2.4682@gmail.com.

Almost all viviparous species possess male external genitalia; for example, the mammalian penis is an intromittent organ. Some live-bearing bony fish use their anal fins to assist in mating and internal fertilization. We previously reported a male-specific asymmetric curvature at the posterior end of the anal fin in Xenotoca eiseni, a viviparous fish of the family Goodeidae. However, three other goodeid species, Xenotoca melanosoma, Zoogoneticus quitzeoensis, and Chapalichthys pardalis, examined in that study possessed lesser anal fin curvature modifications as compared to those in the anal fin of X. eiseni. Here, we report the second case of acute-angled curvature modification of the male anal fin in the family Goodeidae. We obtained a dead specimen of the goodeid species Xenotoca variata from a city zoo in Japan, and the morphological and histological analyses indicated an acute-angled asymmetric curvature of the posterior end of the anal fin in X. variata, similar to that observed in X. eiseni in the previous study. However, in our previous report, obtuse-angled modification was only observed in one other Xenotoca species, X. melanosoma, and two species belonging to other genera, Z. quitzeoensis and C. pardalis. Therefore, our findings suggest that the acute-angled curvature in the male anal fin has been developed in the genus Xenotoca.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D003532 Cyprinodontiformes An order of fish with eight families and numerous species of both egg-laying and livebearing fish. Families include Cyprinodontidae (egg-laying KILLIFISHES;), FUNDULIDAEl; (topminnows), Goodeidae (Mexican livebearers), Jenynsiidae (jenynsiids), Poeciliidae (livebearers), Profundulidae (Middle American killifishes), Aplocheilidae, and Rivulidae (rivulines). In the family Poeciliidae, the guppy and molly belong to the genus POECILIA. Gambusia,Mosquito Fish,Platyfish,Xiphophorus,Fish, Mosquito,Gambusias
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012727 Sex Characteristics Those characteristics that distinguish one SEX from the other. The primary sex characteristics are the OVARIES and TESTES and their related hormones. Secondary sex characteristics are those which are masculine or feminine but not directly related to reproduction. Gender Characteristics,Gender Differences,Gender Dimorphism,Sex Differences,Sex Dimorphism,Sexual Dichromatism,Sexual Dimorphism,Characteristic, Gender,Characteristic, Sex,Dichromatism, Sexual,Dichromatisms, Sexual,Difference, Sex,Dimorphism, Gender,Dimorphism, Sex,Dimorphism, Sexual,Gender Characteristic,Gender Difference,Gender Dimorphisms,Sex Characteristic,Sex Difference,Sex Dimorphisms,Sexual Dichromatisms,Sexual Dimorphisms
D058500 Animal Fins Membranous appendage of fish and other aquatic organisms used for locomotion or balance. Animal Fin,Fin, Animal,Fins, Animal

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