The pharyngeal organ in the buccal cavity of the male Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens, supplies mucus for building bubble nests.
Kang
Chao-Kai
CK
Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, 250 Kuo-Kuang Road, Taichung, 402 Taiwan.
Lee
Tsung-Han
TH
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*