To understand the mechanism of the initial swim bladder in‰ation of greater amberjack Seriola dumerili larvae, we reared larvae from two days after hatching (DAH) in tanks in which the water surface was sealed with liquid para‹n. This treatment prevented the larvae from access to air through the water surface. Furthermore, we examined the ontogenetic development of larval swim bladders. Percentages of larvae with in‰ated swim bladders were very low in tanks with the sealed water surface compared with those in the tanks in which the oilˆlm was removed from the water surface. A swim bladder was formed as a protuberance from an upper portion of the intestine. A pneumatic duct which connected the swim bladder to the intestine was observed in larvae of 3 DAH. The pneumatic duct was obstructed and separated from the swim bladder in larvae of 5 DAH. Our experiments revealed that a mouth-opened larva of greater amberjack in‰ates its swim bladder by gaping air from the water surface and introducing it into the swim bladder through the pneumatic duct from 3 to 4 DAH.
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