... far and provide new insights into the evolutionary history of luminescence in Chondrichthyes. It also confirms the use of isolated, physiologically active VSPs containing photophores as a valid technique to study the control of luminescence in sharks, whose photophores can be extremely small...

... 5 2010 © 2010. 2010 acetylated tubulin bioluminescence Chondrichthyes melatonin nitric oxide synthase prolactin The velvet belly lantern shark ( Etmopterus spinax ) is a common deepwater shark of the East Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea ( Coehlo and Erzini, 2008 ). Like...

... lantern shark in the north-east Atlantic, Etmopterus spinax (Chondrichthyes: Etmopteridae), with implications for conservation . J. Fish Biol. 73 , 1419 - 1443 . Crane J. M. ( 1965 ). Bioluminescent courtship display in the teleost Porichthys notatus . Copeia 2 , 239 - 241...

...( julien.m.claes@uclouvain.be ) 10 8 2009 2009 α-MSH bioluminescence Chondrichthyes Etmopterus spinax melatonin prolactin Lantern sharks (Etmopteridae) are deep-water Chondrichthyes, which received their name from their ability to produce a visible light through a chemical reaction...