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. 2016 Nov 29;10:540. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2016.00540

Table 1.

List of major hormones (in alphabetical order) potentially involved in the regulation of feeding in fish (by order, family and species studied).

Hormone Order Family Species Major references Effect on feeding
AgRP Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) Zhong et al., 2013 +
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) Wan et al., 2012 − ?
Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Cerdá-Reverter and Peter, 2003 +
Ya fish (Schizothorax prenanti) Wei et al., 2013 +
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Song et al., 2003; Song and Cone, 2007 +
Salmoniforme Salmonidae Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Murashita et al., 2009a; Valen et al., 2011
Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) Striberny et al., 2015 +
Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Kim et al., 2015 +
Perciforme Moronidae Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Agulleiro et al., 2014 +
Amylin Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Thavanathan and Volkoff, 2006
Apelin Characiforme Characidae Blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) Penney and Volkoff, 2014 +
Serrasalmidae Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) Volkoff, 2014a +
Cyprinoforme Cyprinidae Cyprinus carpio and Capoetta trutta Köprücü and Algül, 2015 ?
Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Volkoff and Wyatt, 2009; Wong et al., 2013; Volkoff, 2014a; Zhang et al., 2016b +
Ya fish (Schizothorax prenanti) Lin et al., 2014a +
Perciforme Labridae Cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus) Hayes and Volkoff, 2014 − ?
AVT (arginine vasotocin) Salmoniforme Salmonidae Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Gesto et al., 2014
CART Beloniformes Adrianichthyidae Medaka (Oryzias latipes) Murashita and Kurokawa, 2011
Characiforme Characidae Blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) Penney and Volkoff, 2014
Dourado (Salminus brasiliensis) Volkoff et al., 2016 0
Serrasalmidae Pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus) Volkoff et al., 2017
Pirapitinga (Piaractus brachypomus) Volkoff, 2015a ?
Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) Volkoff, 2014a
Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) Wan et al., 2012
Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Abbott and Volkoff, 2011; Volkoff, 2012, 2014b; Zhang et al., 2016b
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) Zhou et al., 2013; Liu et al., 2014
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Mukherjee et al., 2012; Nishio et al., 2012; Akash et al., 2014; Manuel et al., 2014, 2015; Libran-Perez et al., 2014; Woods et al., 2014; Guillot et al., 2016
Gadiforme Gadidae Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) Kehoe and Volkoff, 2007 − ?
Perciforme Labridae Cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus) Babichuk and Volkoff, 2013
Pleuronectiformes Pleuronectidae Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) Gomes et al., 2014 0
Winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) MacDonald and Volkoff, 2009a 0
Soleidae Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) Bonacic et al., 2015
Rajiforme (elasmobranch) Rajidae Winter skate (Raja ocellata) MacDonald and Volkoff, 2009b 0
Salmoniforme Salmonidae Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Murashita et al., 2009a; Burt et al., 2013; Kousoulaki et al., 2013
Arctic Charr (Salvelinus alpinus) Striberny et al., 2015 0
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Figueiredo-Silva et al., 2012; MacDonald et al., 2014
Siluriforme Clariidae African sharptoothcatfish (Clarias gariepinus) Subhedar et al., 2011
Walking catfish (Clarias batrachus) Barsagade et al., 2010
Ictaluridae Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Kobayashi et al., 2008; Peterson et al., 2012
CCK Characiforme Characidae Blind cavefish (Astyanax fasciatus mexicanus) Wall and Volkoff, 2013
Dourado (Salminus brasiliensis) Pereira et al., 2015; Volkoff et al., 2016
Thin dogfish (Oligosarcus hepsetus) Vieira-Lopes et al., 2013
Serrasalmidae Pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus) Volkoff et al., 2017
Pirapitinga (Piaractus brachypomus) Volkoff, 2015a
Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) Volkoff, 2014a
Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) Ping et al., 2013; Ji et al., 2015
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) Zhong et al., 2013
Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Kang et al., 2010, 2011; Tinoco et al., 2015
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) juveniles Liu et al., 2013
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Koven and Schulte, 2012; Tian et al., 2015
Gadiforme Gadidae Atlantic cod larvae (Gadus morhua) Tillner et al., 2013
Perciforme Carangidae Yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata) Furutani et al., 2013; Hosomi et al., 2014
Cichlidae Astatotilapia burtoni Grone et al., 2012
Labridae Cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus) Babichuk and Volkoff, 2013; Hayes and Volkoff, 2014
Moronidae Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) larvae Tillner et al., 2014
Sciaenidae Yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) larvae Cai et al., 2015
Sparidae White sea bream (Diplodus sargus) Micale et al., 2012
Pleuronectiforme Pleuronectidae Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) Kamisaka et al., 2001
Olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) Kurokawa et al., 2000
Winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) MacDonald and Volkoff, 2009a
Salmoniforme Salmonidae Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Valen et al., 2011
Siluriforme Ictaluridae Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Peterson et al., 2012
CRF/UCN system Acipenseriformes Acipenseridae Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) Zhang et al., 2016c
Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Goldfish (Carassius auratus) De Pedro et al., 1993
Ya fish (Schizothorax prenanti) Wang et al., 2014
Salmoniforme Salmonidae Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Bernier and Craig, 2005; Ortega et al., 2013
Endocannabinoid system Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Cottone et al., 2013 + ?
Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Cottone et al., 2009 +
Perciforme Sparidae Sea bream (Sparus aurata) Piccinetti et al., 2010 +
Pleuronectiforme Soleidae Sole (Solea solea) Palermo et al., 2013 ?
Galanin Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Goldfish (Carassius auratus) de Pedro et al., 1995; Volkoff and Peter, 2001b; Unniappan et al., 2004 +
Tench (Tinca tinca) Guijarro et al., 1999 +
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Li et al., 2013 +
Ghrelin Anguilliformes Anguillidae Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) Lee et al., 2015 ?
Characiforme Serrasalmidae Pirapitinga (Piaractus brachypomus) Volkoff, 2015a ?
Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) Volkoff, 2015b +
Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Bunnei (Barbus sharpeyi) Mabudi et al., 2011 ?
Gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio) Zhou et al., 2016 +
Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Unniappan et al., 2002; Kang et al., 2011; Nisembaum et al., 2014; Blanco et al., 2016a,b +
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) Liu et al., 2014 +
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Koven and Schulte, 2012 +
Lepidosireniforme (dipnoid) Protopteridae West African lungfish (Protopterus annectens) Kaiya et al., 2014 ?
Perciforme Cichlidae Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) Schwandt et al., 2010; Upton and Riley, 2013 +
Scombridae Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) Suda et al., 2012 ?
Pleuronectiforme Pleuronectidae Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) Einarsdottir et al., 2011; Gomes et al., 2014 +
Scophthalmidae Juvenile turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) Song et al., 2015 +
Salmoniforme Salmonidae Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Hevrøy et al., 2011; Vikesa et al., 2015 ?
Brown trout (Salmo trutta) Tinoco et al., 2014a + ?
Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Kim et al., 2015 +
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Velasco et al., 2016 ?
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Jönsson et al., 2010
Siluriforme Bagridae Yellow catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco) Zhang et al., 2016a +
Ictaluridae Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Peterson et al., 2012 0
GnRH Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Hoskins et al., 2008; Matsuda et al., 2008
Ya fish (Schizothorax prenanti) Wang et al., 2014
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Nishiguchi et al., 2012
Gadiforme Gadidae Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) Tuziak and Volkoff, 2013a 0
Pleuronectiforme Pleuronectidae Winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) Tuziak and Volkoff, 2013b
Kisspeptin Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Mawhinney, 2007 0
Perciforme Moronidae Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Escobar et al., 2016 + ?
Leptin Beloniforme Adrianichthyidae Medaka (Oryzias latipes) Chisada et al., 2014
Characiforme Serrasalmidae Pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus) Volkoff et al., 2017 0 ?
Pirapitinga (Piaractus brachypomus) Volkoff, 2015a ?
Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) Volkoff, 2015b 0 ?
Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Blunt snout bream Megalobrama amblycephala Xu et al., 2016
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) Bernier et al., 2012
Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Volkoff et al., 2003; Vivas et al., 2011; Tinoco et al., 2012, 2014b; Yan et al., 2016
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) Lu et al., 2015; Li et al., 2010
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) Li A. et al., 2016 ?
Topmouth culter (Culter alburnus) Wang et al., 2013 ?
White-clouds minnow (Tanichthys albonubes) Chen et al., 2016b
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Tian et al., 2015; Cui et al., 2016; Michel et al., 2016
Gadiforme Lotidae Burbot (Lota lota) Nieminen et al., 2003 + ?
Gymnotiforme Sternopygidae Electric fish (Eigenmannia virescens) Sinnett and Markham, 2015 ?
Perciforme Carangidae Golden pompano (Trachinotus blochii) Wu et al., 2016 ?
Centrarchidae Green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) Johnson et al., 2000 + ?
Cichlidae Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) Baltzegar et al., 2014; Douros et al., 2014 ?
Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Shpilman et al., 2014 ?
Labridae Orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides) Huang et al., 2014 ?
Labridae Orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides) Zhang et al., 2013 ?
Moronidae European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Gambardella et al., 2012 ?
Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) Won et al., 2012
Percichthyidae Mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi) Yuan et al., 2016 ?
Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii) Ettore et al., 2012 Varricchio et al., 2012 ?
Scombridae Mackerel (Scomber japonicus) Ohga et al., 2015 ?
Pleuronectiformes Paralichthyidae Fine flounder (Paralichthys adspersus) Fuentes et al., 2012 +
Salmoniforme Salmonidae Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Rønnestad et al., 2010; Murashita et al., 2011; Trombley et al., 2012, 2014; Kullgren et al., 2013; Moen and Finn, 2013 ?
Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) Froiland et al., 2012; Jørgensen et al., 2013 ?
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Gong et al., 2016
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Varricchio et al., 2012; Francis et al., 2014; MacDonald et al., 2014; Johansson and Björnsson, 2015; Salmeron et al., 2015; Johansson et al., 2016; Pfundt et al., 2016 ?
Siluriforme Bagridae Yellow catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco) Gong et al., 2013; Song et al., 2015; Zheng et al., 2015 ?
MCH Beloniforme Adrianichthyidae Medaka (Oryzias latipes) Qu et al., 1996 0
Carcharhiniforme Sphyrnidae Scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) Mizusawa et al., 2012 0
Characiforme Serrasalmidae Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) Pérez Sirkin et al., 2013 ?
Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Shimakura et al., 2006; Matsuda et al., 2007a
Ya fish (Schizothorax prenanti) Wang et al., 2016 +
Gadiforme Gadidae Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) Tuziak and Volkoff, 2013a; Tuziak et al., 2014 +
Pleuronectiforme Pleuronectidae Barfin flounder (Verasper moseri) Takahashi et al., 2004; Amiya et al., 2008 +
Olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) Kang and Kim, 2013b +
Starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus) Kang and Kim, 2013a +
Winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) Tuziak and Volkoff, 2012 +
Nesfatin-1 Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Gonzalez et al., 2010; Kerbel and Unniappan, 2012; Blanco et al., 2016a; Sundarrajan et al., 2016
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Hatef et al., 2015
Ya fish (Schizothorax prenanti) Lin et al., 2014b
Salmoniforme Salmonidae Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Caldwell et al., 2014 0
Neuromedin S Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Chen et al., 2016a + ?
Neuropepide B Perciforme Cichlidae Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Yang et al., 2014 + ?
NMU Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) Kono et al., 2012 ?
Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Maruyama et al., 2008, 2009
Perciforme Labridae Orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides) Li et al., 2015
NPY Characiforme Characidae Dourado (Salminus brasiliensis) Pereira et al., 2015 + ?
Chimaeriformes Callorhinchidae Elephant fish (Callorhinchus milii) Larsson et al., 2009 + ?
Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) Xu et al., 2016 +
Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Lopez-Patino et al., 1999; de Pedro et al., 2000; Narnaware et al., 2000; Hoskins and Volkoff, 2012 +
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) He et al., 2013; Zhou et al., 2013; Jin et al., 2015 +
Jian carp (Cyprinus carpio var. Jian) Tang et al., 2014 +
Ya fish (Schizothorax prenanti) Wei et al., 2014 +
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Yokobori et al., 2012; Dalmolin et al., 2015 +
Gadiforme Gadidae Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) Kehoe and Volkoff, 2007; Tuziak et al., 2014 +
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) Kortner et al., 2011 ?
Gonorynchiforme actinopterygii Chanidae Milkfish (Chanos chanos) Lin et al., 2016 ?
Perciforme Carangidae Yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata) Hosomi et al., 2014 +
Cichlidae Astatotilapia burtoni Grone et al., 2012 +
Labridae Cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus) Babichuk and Volkoff, 2013 +
Orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides) Tang et al., 2013 +
Moronidae Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Leal et al., 2013 +
Percichthyidae Mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi) Sun et al., 2014 ?
Rachycentridae Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) Van Nguyen et al., 2013 +
Osphronemidae Snakeskin gourami (Trichogaster pectoralis) Boonanuntanasarn et al., 2012 +
Pleuronectiforme Pleuronectidae Olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) Wang et al., 2015 +
Paralichthyidae Brazilian flounder (Paralichthys orbignyanus) Campos et al., 2012 +
Salmoniforme Salmonidae Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Silverstein et al., 1998; Valen et al., 2011; Figueiredo-Silva et al., 2012 +
Salmoniforme Salmonidae Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Silverstein et al., 1998 +
Salmonidae Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Aldegunde and Mancebo, 2006 +
Siluriformes Ictaluridae Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Silverstein and Plysetskaya, 2000; Peterson et al., 2012; Schroeter et al., 2015 +
Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontidae Tiger Puffer (Takifugu rubripes) Kamijo et al., 2011 +
Obestatin Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) Yuan et al., 2015 − ?
Octadecaneuropeptide (ODN) Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Matsuda et al., 2007b, 2010, 2011b
Orexin Characiforme Characidae Blind cavefish (Astyanax fasciatus mexicanus) Wall and Volkoff, 2013; Penney and Volkoff, 2014 +
Dourado (Salminus brasiliensis) Volkoff et al., 2016 +
Serrasalmidae Pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus) Volkoff et al., 2017 +
Pirapitinga (Piaractus brachypomus) Volkoff, 2015a ?
Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) Pérez Sirkin et al., 2013; Suzuki and Yamamoto, 2013; Volkoff, 2014a +
Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Abbott and Volkoff, 2011; Facciolo et al., 2011; Hoskins and Volkoff, 2012; Crudo et al., 2013; Volkoff, 2013, 2014b; Nisembaum et al., 2014; D'angelo et al., 2016 +
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Panula, 2010; Yokobori et al., 2011; Elbaz et al., 2012; Pavlidis et al., 2015; Sterling et al., 2015 +
Gadiforme Gadidae Cod (Gadus morhua) Tuziak et al., 2014; Le et al., 2016 +
Perciforme Cichlidae Astatotilapia burtoni Grone et al., 2012 +
Cichlasoma dimerus Pérez Sirkin et al., 2013 ?
Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Chen et al., 2011 +
Labridae Cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus) Babichuk and Volkoff, 2013; Hayes and Volkoff, 2014 +
Orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides) Yan et al., 2011 +
Ornate wrasse (Thalassoma pavo) Facciolo et al., 2009 +
Pleuronectiforme Pleuronectidae Winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) Buckley et al., 2010 +
Barfin Flounder (Verasper moseri) Amiya et al., 2012 +
Polypteriformes actinopterygian Polypteridae Polypterus senegalus and Erpetoichthys calabaricus López et al., 2014 ?
Rajiformes Rajidae Winter skate (Leucoraja ocellata) MacDonald and Volkoff, 2010 +
Salmoniforme Salmonidae Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Varricchio et al., 2015 ?
PACAP Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Goldfish (Carasisus auratus) Matsuda et al., 2005; Matsuda and Maruyama, 2007
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) Zhou et al., 2013 − ?
Gadiforme Gadidae Cod (Gadus morhua) Xu and Volkoff, 2009 − ?
POMC/α-MSH Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Goldfish (Carasisus auratus) Cerdá-Reverter et al., 2003; Kang et al., 2010; Kojima et al., 2010; Yan et al., 2016
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Shanshan et al., 2016
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Dalmolin et al., 2015 +
Pleuronectiforme Pleuronectidae Barfin flounder (Verasper moseri) Takahashi et al., 2005 0
Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) Gomes et al., 2015 ?
Olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) Kang and Kim, 2015 0
Salmoniforme Salmonidae Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Valen et al., 2011
Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Kim et al., 2015 0
Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Leder and Silverstein, 2006; White et al., 2016
PrRP Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Kelly and Peter, 2006
Perciforme Gobidae Mudskipper (Periophtalmus modestus) Sakamoto et al., 2002; Tachibana and Sakamoto, 2014 + ?
PYY Acipenseriformes Acipenseridae Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) Chen et al., 2015
Characiforme Characidae Blind cavefish (Astyanax fasciatus mexicanus) Wall and Volkoff, 2013
Serrasalmidae Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) Volkoff, 2014a
Clupeiformes Engraulidae Tapertail anchovy (Coilia nasus) Yang et al., 2016 + ?
Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Gonzalez and Unniappan, 2010
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) Chen et al., 2013, 2014
Perciforme Carangidae Yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata) Murashita et al., 2006, 2007 + ?
Salmoniforme Salmonidae Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Murashita et al., 2009a; Valen et al., 2011; Kousoulaki et al., 2013 0
Siluriforme Ictaluridae Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Schroeter et al., 2015 0 ?
Secretoneurin Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Trudeau et al., 2012; Mikwar et al., 2016 +
Spexin Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Wong et al., 2013
Perciforme Labridae Orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides) Li S. et al., 2016
Thyroid axis Acipenseriformes Acipenseridae Amur sturgeon (Acipenser schrenckii) Li et al., 2012 ?
Cypriniforme Cyprinidae Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Sinha et al., 2012 +
Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Abbott and Volkoff, 2011; Goodyear, 2012 + ?
Siluriforme Ictaluridae Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Pohlenz et al., 2013 +

The effects on feeding are described as stimulatory (+), inhibitory (−), not detected (0) or unknown/uncertain (?).