Normal Table of Post-Embryonic Zebrafish Development: Staging by Externally Visible Anatomy of the Living Fish
By D. Parichy, Michael R. Elizondo, M. Mills, Tiffany N. Gordon, Raymond E. Engeszer. Developmental Dynamics, 2009
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The zebrafish is a premier model organism yet lacks a system for assigning postembryonic fish to developmental stages. To provide such a staging series, we describe postembryonic changes in several traits that are visible under brightfield illumination or through vital staining and epiflourescent illumination. These include the swim bladder, median and pelvic fins, pigment pattern, scale formation, larval fin fold, and skeleton. We further identify milestones for placing postembryonic fish into discrete stages. We relate these milestones to changes in size and age and show that size is a better indicator of developmental progress than is age. We also examine how relationships between size and developmental progress vary with temperature and density, and we document the effects of histological processing on size. To facilitate postembryonic staging, we provide images of reference individuals that have attained specific developmental milestones and are of defined sizes. Finally, we provide guidelines for reporting stages that provide information on both discrete and continuous changes in growth and development. Developmental Dynamics 238:2975–3015, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Subfields: Cell Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation
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- Fantastically plastic: fish larvae equipped for a new world (2013, background): “…respond to hypothalamic signals, modulating TSH secretion and the time of metamorphosis), climax and post-metamorphosis (Denver 2009) or well-defined developmental stages (Parichy et al. 2009) or through the pooling of larvae of the same developmental stage (Sæle & Pittman 2010) rather than by age.”
- The zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model organism, with emphasis on applications for finfish aquaculture research (2014, background): “However, there is a lack of experimental data to reveal the precise onset and cessation of such developmental changes (Parichy et al. 2009).”
- The effect of rearing temperature on body shape and meristic characters in zebrafish (Danio rerio) juveniles (2011, result): “When comparing the present data with other studies of the meristic counts in zebrafish (Dentry and Lindsey 1978; Axelrod and Schultz 1990; Ferreri et al. 2000; Bird and Mabee 2003; Parichy et al. 2009) it is clear that they are in agreement as far as the total number of the characters is concerned.”
- Guidance on the housing and care of zebrafish Danio rerio. (2011, neutral): “…events such as the complete loss of the larval fin fold, remodelling of features such as the gut and nervous system, the acquisition of scales and the production of viable gametes and appearance of secondary sexual characteristics in fish that are in breeding condition (Parichy et al 2009).”