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A comparative study of the use of yolk reserves during post-embryonic development was performed on three teleostean fishes of aquacultural interest: the sea bream Sparus aurata, the sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax, and the pike-perch Stizostedion lucioperca. The first part of the work was devoted to the structural development of the periblast, the vitellus and the oil globule during the endotrophic and endo-exotrophic phases of larval life. Observations using transmission electron microscopy revealed a perivitelline circulation system closely related to the liver, and suggested an important function of the periblast in the utilization of reserves. In the second part of the study, cytochemical reactions revealed the way in which the reserves are resorbed. Glycogen contained in the periblast at hatching was utilized during the endotrophic period. The successive appearance of lipoprotein particles in the periblast endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, and perivetelline circulation zone is consistent with the mobilization of yolk and oil globule components. Comparison of fed and fasting individuals revealed that fasting tended to slow down rather than increase the utilization of reserves.
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Mani-Ponset, L., Guyot, E., Diaz, J.P. et al. Utilization of yolk reserves during post-embryonic development in three teleostean species: the sea bream Sparus aurata, the sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax, and the pike-perch Stizostedion lucioperca . Marine Biology 126, 539–547 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354636
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