Coalescence of teeth in fishes

Britski, Heraldo A.; Andreucci, Roberto D.; Menezes, Naércio A.; Carneiro, José

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751984000400001

Abstract

In this paper the concept of coalescence of teeth previously defined for the Tetraodontoid fishes is extended to some other teleostomes. Comments are made on the «dentigerous plates» of non-teleostomian fishes and on the dermal plates bearing odontodes found in some fossil groups.

Coalescence of teeth in fishes

Heraldo A. Britski^I; Roberto D. Andreucci^II; Naércio A. Menezes^I; José Carneiro^III

^IMuseu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, C.P. 7172, SP. Bolsista do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (H.A.B.)

^IIDepartamento de Morfologia, Faculdade de Odontologia de São José dos Campos, UNESP, C.P. 314, S. José dos Campos, SP

^IIIDepartamento de Histologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da Universidade de São Paulo, C.P. 4365, São Paulo, SP

ABSTRACT

In this paper the concept of coalescence of teeth previously defined for the Tetraodontoid fishes is extended to some other teleostomes. Comments are made on the «dentigerous plates» of non-teleostomian fishes and on the dermal plates bearing odontodes found in some fossil groups.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are very grateful to Dr. James C. Tyler (Division of Environmental Biology, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.) and to Drs. Stanley H. Weitzman and Richard P. Vari (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.) who kindly revised the English version of the manuscript and made valuable comments and suggestions. Dr. Emily B. Giffin (The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) kindly sent literature unavailable to us. Dr. Tokiharu Abe (Tokaiku Fisheries Research Laboratory, Tokyo) supplied specimens of Triodon macropterus, and. Mr. Tigr Orlow made the drawings.

Alexander, R. Mc. N., 1975. The chordates. 480 pp. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge.
Andreucci, R.D., 1966. Aspectos morfológicos, macro e microscópicos dos dentes de Spheroides testudineus. (L. 1758) (baiacu), 47 pp. Tese de Doutoramento. Faculdade de Odontologia de São José dos Campos.
Andreucci, R. D., 1968a. Aspectos anatômicos dos dentes de Spheroides testudineus. Rev. Ass. Med. Bras., 14:245-246.
Andreucci, R. D., 1968b. Macroscopic and microscopic morphology of Spheroides testudineus teeth (checkered puffer). Acta Anat., 71:448-471.
Andreucci, R.D., 1970. Sobre a estrutura das lojas denticulares de Spheroides testudineus (baiacu mirim). Rev. Bras. Pesquisas Med. Biol., 3:63-67.
Andreucci, R. D. & G. Blumen, 1971. Radioautographic study of Spheroides testudineus denticles (checkered puffer). Acta Anat., 79:76-83.
Andreucci, R. D. & H. A. Britski, 1969a. Macroscopic and microscopic morphology of the Mola mola teeth (sun fish). Rev. Bras. Pesquisas Med. Biol., 2:159-162.
Andreucci, R. D. & H. A. Britski, 1969b. Aspectos macro e microscópicos dos dentes de Lagocephalus laevigatus (baiacu arara) e de Colomesus asellus (baiacuzinho). Cienc. e Cuit., 21:483-484.
Andreucci, R. D. & H. A. Britski, 1970. Sobre os dentes de Liosaccus intermedius (Ribeiro, 1904) e Masturus lanceolatus (Liénard, 1840). Progr. XXII Reun. Anual SBPC, Salvador, p. 305.
Andreucci, R. D. & H. A. Britski, 1971. Dos dentes de Tetraodontidae. Progr. VIII Congr. Bras. Anat., Pelotas, p. 36.
Andreucci, R. D. & H. A. Britski, 1975. Sobre os dentes de Diodon histrix e Chilomycterus spinosus. Cienc. e Cuit., 27 (Supl.):283-284.
Andreucci, R. D. ; H. A. Britski & J. Carneiro, 1974. Aspectos morfofuncionais do aparelho mastigador de Tetraodontidae e Diodontidae. Progr. X Congr. Bras. Anat., São Paulo, pp. 2-3.
Andreucci, R. D. ; H. A. Britski & J. Carneiro, 1982. Structure and Evolution of Tetraodontoid Teeth: An Autoradiographic Study (Pisces, Tetraodontiformes). Journal of Morphology, 171:283-292.
Bertin, L., 1958. Denticules cutanés et dents, in P. Grassé, ed., Traité de Zoologie, Vol. 13, Masson, Paris.
Britski, H. A. & R. D. Andreucci, 1971. Sobre os dentes dos peixes Molidae. Cienc. e Cult., 24 (Suppl):287.
Cuvier, G.L.C.F.D., 1836/1849. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation. 3rd. Ed., vol. 7, Masson, Paris.
Denison, R.H., 1974. The Structure and Evolution of Teeth in Lungfishes. Fieldiana, 33 (3):31-58.
Gregory, W.K., 1933. Fish skulls. A study of the evolution of natural mechanisms. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., (n.s.) 23:75-481.
Inage, T., 1975. Electron microscopic study of early formation of the tooth enameloid of a fish (Hoplognathus fasciatus). I. Odontoblasts and matrix fibers. Arch. Histol. Japonicum, 38:209-227.
Inoue, Y., S. Uchino, T. Asano, S. Hasegawa & F. Fujioka, 1973. The mineralization pattern of developing fish tooth enameloid using X-ray probe microanalyzer, historadiography and radioactive tracer (45Ca). J. Nihon Univ. Sch. Dent., 15:52-57.
Isokawa, S., M. Ioshida, K. Ikeda, K. Yamaguchi, K. N. Chikazawa & S. Fujioka, 1972. Tooth enameloid formation of a fish (Hoplognathus fasciatus). Chronological relationship of matrix formation and mineralization of the enameloid and dentin. J. Nihon Univ. Sch. Dent., 14:1-11.
Lison, L., 1941. Recherches sur la structure et l'histogenèse des dents des poissons dipneustes. Arch. Biol., 52:279-320.
Orvig, T., 1967. Phylogeny of tooth tissues: Evolution of some calcified tissues in early vertebrates. In A.E.W. Miles, ed: Structural and chemical organization of tooth. Vol. 1, Academic Press, London, 45-110.
Owen, R., 1840/1845. Odontography; or a Treatise on the Comparative Anatomy of the Teeth, Their Physiological Relations, Mode of Development and Microscopic Structure in the Vertebrates Animals. Vol. 1, Vallière, London.
Pereira Neto, A. & R. D. Andreucci, 1981. Estudo morfológico e funcional dos dentes do budião (Sparissoma flavescens). Rev. Odont. UNESP, 10 (1/2):81-87.
Pflugfelder, O., 1930. Des Gebiss der Gymnodonten. Ein Beitrag zur Histogenese des Dentins. Z. Anat. Entw.-Gesch, 93:543-566.
Schultz, L.P., 1958. Review of the parrotfishes. Family Scaridae. Bull, of U. S. Nat. Mus., 214:6-17.
Simões, C. & R. D. Andreucci, 1982. Estudo anatômico e funcional dos dentes de peixes Scaridae: Scarus trispinosus, Scarus guacamaia e Nicholsina ustus. Cienc. e Cult., 34 (1):50-57.
Simões, C. & R. D. Andreucci, 1983. Estudo microscópico dos dentes de peixes Scaridae: Scarus trispinosus, Scarus guacamaia e Nicholsina ustus. Cienc. e Cult., 35 (6):807-815.
Tomes, C., 1914. A manual of Dental Anatomy. Blakiston, Philadelphia.
Tretjakoff, D., 1926. Die Zähne der Plectognathen. Z. Wiss. Zool., 127:619-644.
Tyler, J. C., 1980. Osteology, phylogeny, and higher classification of the fishes of the order Plectognathi (Tetraodontiformes). NOAA Technical Report Nat. Marine Fish. Circular, 434:1-422.

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[1] Alexander, R. Mc. N., 1975. The chordates. 480 pp. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge.

[2] Andreucci, R.D., 1966. Aspectos morfológicos, macro e microscópicos dos dentes de Spheroides testudineus. (L. 1758) (baiacu), 47 pp. Tese de Doutoramento. Faculdade de Odontologia de São José dos Campos.

[3] Andreucci, R. D., 1968a. Aspectos anatômicos dos dentes de Spheroides testudineus. Rev. Ass. Med. Bras., 14:245-246.

[4] Andreucci, R. D., 1968b. Macroscopic and microscopic morphology of Spheroides testudineus teeth (checkered puffer). Acta Anat., 71:448-471.

[5] Andreucci, R.D., 1970. Sobre a estrutura das lojas denticulares de Spheroides testudineus (baiacu mirim). Rev. Bras. Pesquisas Med. Biol., 3:63-67.

[6] Andreucci, R. D. & G. Blumen, 1971. Radioautographic study of Spheroides testudineus denticles (checkered puffer). Acta Anat., 79:76-83.

[7] Andreucci, R. D. & H. A. Britski, 1969a. Macroscopic and microscopic morphology of the Mola mola teeth (sun fish). Rev. Bras. Pesquisas Med. Biol., 2:159-162.

[8] Andreucci, R. D. & H. A. Britski, 1969b. Aspectos macro e microscópicos dos dentes de Lagocephalus laevigatus (baiacu arara) e de Colomesus asellus (baiacuzinho). Cienc. e Cuit., 21:483-484.

[9] Andreucci, R. D. & H. A. Britski, 1970. Sobre os dentes de Liosaccus intermedius (Ribeiro, 1904) e Masturus lanceolatus (Liénard, 1840). Progr. XXII Reun. Anual SBPC, Salvador, p. 305.

[10] Andreucci, R. D. & H. A. Britski, 1971. Dos dentes de Tetraodontidae. Progr. VIII Congr. Bras. Anat., Pelotas, p. 36.

[11] Andreucci, R. D. & H. A. Britski, 1975. Sobre os dentes de Diodon histrix e Chilomycterus spinosus. Cienc. e Cuit., 27 (Supl.):283-284.

[12] Andreucci, R. D. ; H. A. Britski & J. Carneiro, 1974. Aspectos morfofuncionais do aparelho mastigador de Tetraodontidae e Diodontidae. Progr. X Congr. Bras. Anat., São Paulo, pp. 2-3.

[13] Andreucci, R. D. ; H. A. Britski & J. Carneiro, 1982. Structure and Evolution of Tetraodontoid Teeth: An Autoradiographic Study (Pisces, Tetraodontiformes). Journal of Morphology, 171:283-292.

[14] Bertin, L., 1958. Denticules cutanés et dents, in P. Grassé, ed., Traité de Zoologie, Vol. 13, Masson, Paris.

[15] Britski, H. A. & R. D. Andreucci, 1971. Sobre os dentes dos peixes Molidae. Cienc. e Cult., 24 (Suppl):287.

[16] Cuvier, G.L.C.F.D., 1836/1849. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation. 3rd. Ed., vol. 7, Masson, Paris.

[17] Denison, R.H., 1974. The Structure and Evolution of Teeth in Lungfishes. Fieldiana, 33 (3):31-58.

[18] Gregory, W.K., 1933. Fish skulls. A study of the evolution of natural mechanisms. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., (n.s.) 23:75-481.

[19] Inage, T., 1975. Electron microscopic study of early formation of the tooth enameloid of a fish (Hoplognathus fasciatus). I. Odontoblasts and matrix fibers. Arch. Histol. Japonicum, 38:209-227.

[20] Inoue, Y., S. Uchino, T. Asano, S. Hasegawa & F. Fujioka, 1973. The mineralization pattern of developing fish tooth enameloid using X-ray probe microanalyzer, historadiography and radioactive tracer (45Ca). J. Nihon Univ. Sch. Dent., 15:52-57.

[21] Isokawa, S., M. Ioshida, K. Ikeda, K. Yamaguchi, K. N. Chikazawa & S. Fujioka, 1972. Tooth enameloid formation of a fish (Hoplognathus fasciatus). Chronological relationship of matrix formation and mineralization of the enameloid and dentin. J. Nihon Univ. Sch. Dent., 14:1-11.

[22] Lison, L., 1941. Recherches sur la structure et l'histogenèse des dents des poissons dipneustes. Arch. Biol., 52:279-320.

[23] Orvig, T., 1967. Phylogeny of tooth tissues: Evolution of some calcified tissues in early vertebrates. In A.E.W. Miles, ed: Structural and chemical organization of tooth. Vol. 1, Academic Press, London, 45-110.

[24] Owen, R., 1840/1845. Odontography; or a Treatise on the Comparative Anatomy of the Teeth, Their Physiological Relations, Mode of Development and Microscopic Structure in the Vertebrates Animals. Vol. 1, Vallière, London.

[25] Pereira Neto, A. & R. D. Andreucci, 1981. Estudo morfológico e funcional dos dentes do budião (Sparissoma flavescens). Rev. Odont. UNESP, 10 (1/2):81-87.

[26] Pflugfelder, O., 1930. Des Gebiss der Gymnodonten. Ein Beitrag zur Histogenese des Dentins. Z. Anat. Entw.-Gesch, 93:543-566.

[27] Schultz, L.P., 1958. Review of the parrotfishes. Family Scaridae. Bull, of U. S. Nat. Mus., 214:6-17.

[28] Simões, C. & R. D. Andreucci, 1982. Estudo anatômico e funcional dos dentes de peixes Scaridae: Scarus trispinosus, Scarus guacamaia e Nicholsina ustus. Cienc. e Cult., 34 (1):50-57.

[29] Simões, C. & R. D. Andreucci, 1983. Estudo microscópico dos dentes de peixes Scaridae: Scarus trispinosus, Scarus guacamaia e Nicholsina ustus. Cienc. e Cult., 35 (6):807-815.

[30] Tomes, C., 1914. A manual of Dental Anatomy. Blakiston, Philadelphia.

[31] Tretjakoff, D., 1926. Die Zähne der Plectognathen. Z. Wiss. Zool., 127:619-644.

[32] Tyler, J. C., 1980. Osteology, phylogeny, and higher classification of the fishes of the order Plectognathi (Tetraodontiformes). NOAA Technical Report Nat. Marine Fish. Circular, 434:1-422.

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