INDEX 



661 



predation, 535 



retina, 53 



tagging data, 533, 535-536 



visual orientation, 87 

 Hexanchus, 577 

 Holohaelurus, 566-568, 579 

 Holorhinus 



ERG, 68 



Purkinje shift, 77 



retina, 49 



spectral sensitivity, 77 

 horn sharks (see Heterodontus) 

 hydrodynamic tunnel, shark tests, 237- 



244 

 Hydrolagus, 126, 133 



tectum, 168-169 



telencephalon, 175-176 

 hypothalamus, experimental data, 184 



Ictalurus 



feeding behavior, 516 



sensory behavior, 508 

 International Shark Attack File, 651 

 intraocular pressure (IOP), 37, 38 

 Isurus 



cerebellum, 139 



endothermy, 182 



sound attraction, 394 



keratocytes, 19-20, 22 



Lamma, endothermy, 182 



lateral eyes, 12-87 



lemon shark [see Negaprion) 



Lerner Marine Laboratory, Bahamas, 5-6, 



196 

 lumenal membranes, 486-490 

 spontaneous activity, 498 

 voltage clamp experiments, 487, 489- 

 490,494-495,497, 499 



macula neglecta, 411 

 Madagascar, 546-547, 578 

 mechanoreceptors 



acousticolateralis system, 359-369 



canal function, 355 



chemical synapses, 345 



compensating movements, 371 



electrophysiological studies, 361, 363, 

 374 



endolymph, 377 



GABA, 345 



hair cell, 337-338, 340-343, 345-357, 

 377 



innervation, 358-379 



labyrinth, 353-355, 363, 371 



Poloumordwinoff ending, 335 



post -synaptic responses, 344-345 



receptor potentials, 343-344 



sense organs, 332 



transmitter substances, 345 

 median eye, 87-89 

 melanin, 27, 28, 31 

 melanophores, 25 

 mesencephalon (see midbrain) 

 Micronesia, 596-597, 601 

 midbrain (see also central nervous sys- 

 tem), 118, 164, 169 



tectal input, 219 



tectum, 202-208, 219 



tegmental levels, 170 

 Mote Marine Laboratory, Fla, 5, 7-8 

 Mozambique Current, 546-547, 553 

 Mustelus, 15, 19, 21, 26, 28, 31, 38, 39, 

 43,46, 49,52-53, 56 



acoustico-lateralis nuclei, 158-160 



amacrine cells, 61 



bioelectric behavior, 512 



bipolar cells, 60-61, 72 



brain:body ratio, 139, 146 



brain histology, 125-1 26, 129-1 31, 137 



canal, 349 



cerebellum, 139, 163 



dorsal pallium, 177 



ERG, 67, 76 



feeding behavior, 512-513, 515 



ganglion cells, 62-63, 74-75 



hair cells, 340 



"handedness," 294 



horizontal cells, 57-59, 71, 75 



labyrinth, 354 



locomotor behavior, 289, 294, 300 



monitor tank studies, 295-296 



neurology, 197 



olfactory bulb, 278 



olfactory epitheliums, 277 



olfactory sacs, 271 



orientation toward food, 287 



pineal organ, 88 



repellents, 260, 298 



retina, 49, 52, 53, 56-58, 75 



rheotaxis, 289, 378-379 



search movements, 287 



sense organs, 378 



spectral sensitivity, 76-77 



tectum, 167-169 



telencephalon, 180 



thalamus, 172 



