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The Hearing Ability of the Scorpion Fish Sebastiscus marmoratus to Audible Sound 1. The Auditory Threshold (수중 가청음에 의한 쏨뱅이의 청각 능력 1. 청각 문턱치)

  • 이창현;박용석;문종욱;김석종;안장영;서두옥
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.156-160
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    • 1999
  • This experiment was carried out to investigate the auditory threshold of the scorpion fish Sebastiscus marmoratus which was suitable for Marine ranching by a classical respiatory conditioning technique using a sound coupled with a delayed electric shock. The thresholds were determined by analyzing the electrocardiogram. The auditory thresholds were observed among the 12 fish with much difference from 100Hz to 300Hz. The audible range of the scorpion fish extended from 80 to 800Hz with a peak sensitivity of 90㏈(0㏈= $1\mu$Pa) at 100Hz. As the frequency became higher than 300Hz, the auditory threshold increased rapidly. The scorpion fish was least sensitive to sound of 500Hz among 6 frequency points and the value was about 12㏈.

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Target strength estimation of dominant species in marine ranching ground of Jeju coastal water by KRM model (KRM 모델을 이용한 제주바다목장 해역 주요 우점종의 음향반사강도 추정)

  • Lee, Seung-Jong;Lee, Yoo-Won;Kim, Joo-Il;Oh, Taeg-Yun;Hwang, Bo-Kyu;Kim, Byung-Yeob;Lee, Kyoung-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.157-163
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    • 2010
  • The indirect target strength (TS) estimation method which uses the Kirchhoff ray mode model (KRM model) was discussed to apply for a biomass estimation in the water of mixed species. TS of 25 live scorpion fishes for 120kHz were measured by a tethered method and of others dominant 5 species in the marine ranching ground of Jeju coastal water including a scorpion fish were also estimated by KRM model. The measurement TS of scorpion fish well agreed with the theoretical values and the standard formula of scorpion fish was estimated as $TS_{120kHz}=20Log\;(L)-72.9$ ($r^2=0.67$). TScm values estimated on trial to each sample of dominant 5 species were from -69.3dB to -75.1dB at 120kHz and they were in the general range of swimbladdered fish. It was clarified that TS by KRM model can be used to estimate fish biomass estimation by increasing a sample number and is more effective under the condition that there is rare TS information for inhabiting species in mixed-species area.

Ovarian Differentiation of the Scorpion Fish, Sebastiscus marmoratus (쏨뱅이, Sebastiscus marmoratus의 난소 분화)

  • Oh, Seong-Rip;Hur, Sung-Pyo;Lim, Bong-Soo;Lee, Chi-Hoon;Lee, Young-Don
    • Development and Reproduction
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.193-196
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    • 2006
  • The process in the formation of primordial germ cells, primitive and early gonadogenesis were investigated by histological examination for the reproductive physiological study in the scorpion fish, Sebastiscus marmoratus. The primordial germ cells about $10\;{\mu}m$ in diameter were observed in the fibrous mesenchymal tissue located between gut and mesonephric duct of the larvae within the maternal body. As the fibrous epithelium extends to the direction of peritoneum, the primordial germ cells moved. From 31 days post parturition, the fibrous epithelium gets thicker, and the primitive gonad starts to form. From 49 days post parturition, as the primitive gonad of the primitive gonad extend, it starts to form cavity, and about 60 days post parturition, the formation of the ovarian cavity is completed. From 79 days post parturition, germ cells proliferated along the inner edge of the ovarian cavity.

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Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISA) and Immunochromatography Assays (ICG) for Analysis of Vitellogenin in the Scorpion Fish Sebastiscus marmoratus (쏨뱅이(Sebastiscus marmoratus)의 Vitellogenin 분석을 위한 효소면역측정법(ELISA) 및 면역크로마토그래피분석법(ICG) 개발)

  • Yeo, In-Kyu;Lim, Yoon-Kyu
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.48 no.4
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    • pp.459-465
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    • 2015
  • We tested biomarker systems [enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunochromatography assay (ICG) kits] for the screening of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in contaminated environments using antibodies resulting from $17{\beta}$-Estradiol-induced vitellogenin (Vtg) in the wild scorpion fish Sebastiscus marmoratus. Monoclonal antibodies of two clones (S28 and S15) were used as capture and tracer antibodies for ELISA and ICG assays. ELISA detected Vtg at levels greater than $0.1{\mu}g/mL$, while ICG detected Vtg at levels greater than $1{\mu}g/mL$. However, the ICG system was able to detect antibodies from $17{\beta}$-Estradiol-induced Vtg serum that had been diluted 1,000 times. Our results suggest that previously developed biomarker assays can be used as detection systems to detect known endocrine-disrupting chemicals in contaminated environments, and to measure their activity.

Feeding Habits of Scorpion Fish, Sebastiscus marmoratus, in the Coastal Waters of Tongyeong, Korea (통영 연안에 출현하는 쏨뱅이 (Sebastiscus marmoratus)의 식성)

  • Baeck, Gun-Wook;Yeo, Yeong-Mi;Jeong, Jae-Mook;Park, Joo-Myun;Huh, Sung-Hoi
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.128-134
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    • 2011
  • The feeding habits of scorpion fish, Sebastiscus marmoratus, were studied using 324 specimens collected in the coastal waters of Tongyeong, from January to December, 2009. The size of the specimens ranged from 9.8 to 30.1 cm in standard length (SL). S. marmoratusis was a piscivore that consumed mainly teleosts such as Engraulis japonicus, Clupea pallasi and gobid fishes. Of the fish species Engraulis japonicus was the most preferred prey. Its diet also includes shrimps and crabs. Hermit crabs, polychaetes, bivalves and euphausia were minor preys. Smaller individuals (<13 cm SL) fed mainly on shrimps, crabs and fishes. The proportion of shrimps and crabs decreased as body size increased, whereas the consumption of fishes gradually increased. Fishes accounted for almost stomach contents of larger individuals (more than 19 cm SL). Seasonal changes in the S. marmoratusis diet were significant. Fishes was most common prey during summer, autumn and winter, whereas crabs and shrimps were mainly consumed during spring.

Production and Characterization of vitellogenin monoclonal antibody on the Scorpion fish Sebastiscus marmoratus (쏨뱅이, Sebastiscus marmoratus의 vitellogenin 단클론 항체생산 및 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Young-Ju;Lim, Yoon-Kyu;Yeo, In-Kyu
    • Journal of fish pathology
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.241-254
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    • 2013
  • In order to establish bio-marker systems for the screening of endocrine-disrupting chemicals contaminated in various environment, Vitellogenin(Vtg) bio-marker have been developed to detect Scorpion fish's(Sebastiscus marmoratus) Vtg. Vtg has been induced by administration of estradiol into S. marmoratus, and purified by gel filtration and ion-exchange chromatography from serum of the fish. After immunization of the purified Vtg into BALB/c mouse, hybridomas secreting anti-Vtg antibodies have been produced. The size of induced Vtg in the serum was about 440 kDa by gel filtration using Sepharose CL-6B. By SDS-PAGE analysis, the main band of Vtg, however, was at 175 kDa, and several minor bands have been detected with the main band. Eight different monoclonal antibodies have been produced from established hybridomas and the antibodies did not cross-react with sera from different species of fishes tested in this study except with that of Sebastes hubbsi. These results suggested that the monoclonal antibody of S28 and S15 can used as capture and tracer antibodies for ELISA and ICG assays. The detection systems developed in this study can be used as Bio-marker assays to check endocrine disrupting activity of various chemicals as well as to detect known endocrine disrupting chemicals contaminated in environment.

Isolation, Purification and Characterization of Chitosanase from Bacillus subtilis CH1

  • Oh, Chul-Hong;Lee, Je-Hee
    • Journal of Aquaculture
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.40-46
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    • 2006
  • Bacillus subtilis strain with highly active chitosanase was isolated from the intestine of Sebastiscus marmoratus (scorpion fish). It was named as Bacillus subtilis CH1 by morphological, biochemical and 165 rRNA gene analysis. The optimal conditions for chitosanase production were investigated. The optimum carbon and nitrogen sources for Bacillus stibtilis CH1 were 2% starch and 1% yeast extract respectively. Unlike other chitosanases, the expression of this chitosanase was not induced or slightly induced with chitosan. The chitosanase secreted into the medium were concentrated with ammonium sulfate precipitation and purified by gel permeation chromatography. The molecular weight of purified chitosanase was 30 kDa. The optimum pH and temperature of purified chitosanase were 5.5 and $60^{\circ}C$ respectively. The purified chitosanase was continuously thermostable at $40^{\circ}C$ and showed stable activity between pH 6.0 and 8.0. Chitosanase activity of Bacillus subtilis CH1 under optimum condition was 4.1 units/ml.

A Study of the Personal Ornaments and Make-up of Maroccan (모로코인(人)의 장신구(裝身具)와 화장(化粧)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究))

  • Lee, Soon-Hong
    • Journal of Fashion Business
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.15-34
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    • 2001
  • Ornaments are accessories for the decoration of the body or dress. They aren't unavoidably required one, but serve to make one's dress perfect as decorative industrial art objects. In Morocco, ornaments were initially used as a sign of social position or the class or an incantatory symbol. In effect, they were originally employed to adjust one's dress, not just for decoration, and they were of use for household economy. Gold, silver and handcraft available for exchange were a means of increasing one's property and an indication of social standing and wealth. In particular, the dress and jewelry of a bride was a measure of her family's wealth, regarded as a symbol of her chastity and value. The ornaments symbolically back up people's faith in supernatural power, and their real value is based on implicit form or way of decoration, not the external shape. Specifically, there is a tendency to use the form of animal as a protector, not one to frighten people. In the artistic tradition of Morocco, fish pattern stands for water and rain, and eagle and bird are considered to be related to fate. Scorpion and lizard are depicted as an inquirer of sun, and snake is a symbol of abundance and sexual instinct, being viewed to have an ability to cure disease. Turtle pattern is a symbol of saint because it protects one from the evil. The ornaments are made of gold, silver, amber, clam, garnet, glass, nielle, enamel, glaze, coral or tree, and symbolic patterns are used, including hand(a symbol of five numerals), turtle, lizard, scorpion, eye, triangle, bird and eggs. They are very big and diverse, being categorized into ornaments for the head or the chest, neckless, fibula, earring, bracelet and ring. For Moroccans, make-up is a sort of instinctive behavior to meet aesthetic and sexual desire. They also wear make-up for practical purpose of protection, intentionally inflict a wound on the skin for ceremonial or religious purpose, paint the skin with pigment, or have the part of the body tattooed for incantatory purpose. All this actions are regarded as make-up. The raw material of cosmetics is aker, a vegetable dye. They get the lips or cheeks turn red and paint eyebrows with yellow saffran powder to have a bad devil lose its strength. Tattooing is mainly done by women and viewed as a sign of their value or social organization they belong to. Sometimes that is used to represent a woman's being old enough to marry or getting married already or the frequency of marriage. Besides, tattoo is believed to prevent or remedy loose bowels or cough, depending on its location or pattern, and they often change tattoo according to the change of beauty art.

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Isolation, Purification, and Enzymatic Characterization of Extracellular Chitosanase from Marine Bacterium Bacillus subtilis CH2

  • Oh, Chul-Hong;Zoysa, Mahanama De;Kang, Do-Hyung;Lee, Young-Deuk;Whang, Il-Son;Nikapitiya, Chamilani;Heo, Soo-Jin;Yoon, Kon-Tak;Affan, Abu;Lee, Je-Hee
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.21 no.10
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    • pp.1021-1025
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    • 2011
  • A Bacillus subtilis strain was isolated from the intestine of Sebastiscus marmoratus (scorpion fish) that was identified as Bacillus subtilis CH2 by morphological, biochemical, and genetic analyses. The chitosanase of Bacillus subtilis CH2 was best induced by fructose and not induced with chitosan, unlike other chitosanases. The strain was incubated in LB broth, and the chitosanase secreted into the medium was concentrated with ammonium sulfate precipitation and purified by gel permeation chromatography. The molecular mass of the purified chitosanase was detected as 29 kDa. The optimum pH and temperature of the purified chitosanase were 5.5 and $60^{\circ}C$, respectively. The purified chitosanase was continuously thermostable at $40^{\circ}C$. The specific acitivity of the purified chitosanase was 161 units/mg. The N-terminal amino acid sequence was analyzed for future study.

Monitoring Methylmercury in Abyssal Fish (심해성 어류 중 메틸수은 모니터링)

  • Kim, Seong-Cheol;Jang, Jin-Wook;Kim, Hyun-Ah;Lee, Sang-Ho;Jung, Young-Ji;Kim, Ji-Yeon;Ahn, Jong-Hoon;Park, Eun-Hye;Ko, Yong-Seok;Kim, Dong-Sul;Kim, Sang-Yub;Jang, Young-Mi;Kang, Chan-Soon
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.383-389
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    • 2010
  • The aim of this study was to determine the methylmercury (MeHg) levels in abyssal fish species. The MeHg in the fishes was extracted with hydrochloric acid and toluene and then purified using an L-cysteine solution. The extract was analyzed with a gas chromatography-electron capture detector (GC-${\mu}ECD$) with a thermon Hg-capillary column. The detection limit and the recovery of the method were 0.002 and 84.2-98.5% (mean, 93.4%), respectively. The MeHg content in 492 abyssal fishes ranged from 0.037 to 2.009 mg/kg. The levels of MeHg [range, mg/kg (mean)] were significantly dependent on fish species and presented as the following; 0.157-2.009 (0.546) in Scalloped hammerhead shark, 0.211-0.878 (0.501) in Blue shark, 0.121-0.993 (0.482) in Spiny dogfish, 0.243-0.658 (0.397) in Salmon shark, 0.074-1.958 (0.353) in Blacktip shark, 0.038-0.807 (0.302) in Southern hake, 0.099-0.511 (0.300) in Scorpion fish, and 0.037-0.133 (0.067) in Ling. The monitoring results showed that the estimated weekly intake of MeHg from sharks, Southern hake, and Ling were lower than the provisional tolerable weekly intake recommended by the Joint FAO/WHO expert committee on food additives.