title: The pharyngeal organ in the buccal cavity of the male Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens, supplies mucus for building bubble nests.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, 250 Kuo-Kuang Road, Taichung, 402 Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chao-Kai
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Tsung-Han
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009093:Mucus / Q000502:physiology*; D009425:Nesting Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D010473:Perciformes / Q000502:physiology*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure*