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The roles of olfaction and gustation in feeding arousal and food locating behavior are described for the first time for a marine teleost. The external taste sense located on the chin barbels of the goatfish mediates both arousal and searching in response to diluted prey homogenate and rinse of intact live prey. Electrophysiological monitoring of the barbel nerve (VII) reveals a sensitivity to amino acids dominant in prey tissues, but not to those present in trace amounts.
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Holland, K. Chemosensory orientation to food by a Hawaiian goatfish (Parupeneus porphyreus, Mullidae). J Chem Ecol 4, 173–186 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988053
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