“…Physiological roles of ghrelin in teleosts have also been widely studied, including effects on GH secretion (Riley et al 2002, Kaiya et al 2003a,b,c, Ran et al 2004, Shepherd et al 2007, appetite stimulation (Unniappan et al 2002, Matsuda et al 2006a, Jönsson et al 2007, Miura et al 2007, Shepherd et al 2007, water intake (Kozaka & Ando 2003), reproduction (Mustonen et al 2002, Parhar et al 2003, immunity (Yada et al 2006), growth (Riley et al 2005, Fox et al 2007, intestinal motility (Olsson et al 2008), and locomotor behavior (Matsuda et al 2006a,b).…”