Abstract
The taste buds in fish were first discovered by Schulze (1863).Storer and Usinger (1957), Jollie (1962), Nason (1967) and Nigam (1969) mentioned that taste buds are widely distributed in fishes.They reported the presence of taste buds embedded in the lining epithelia of the tongue, pharynx, palate and opercula.However, the mode of formation of the taste buds has not been recorded in detail.Thus, it was decided to study the morphological development of these taste organs in the teleost fish, Oryziaslatipes.
