| However, the use of nares to detect pheromones is probably the most important type of chemoreception in fishes. |
| The following article discusses the role of taste and smell and the interaction of these two sensory systems in chemoreception. |
| Roles of vomeronasal organ chemoreception in tongue flicking and feeding behavior of the lizard Chalcides ocellatus. |
| In all squamates, including iguanians, the tongue is also used for vomeronasal chemoreception. |
| For specific information on the other senses of animals, see the articles photoreception, chemoreception, and mechanoreception. |
| Owing to its participation in two separate functions, feeding and chemoreception, the tongue is the locus of a clear functional trade-off. |
