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Ultrastructure of the Gill of the Parrot fish, Oplegnathus fasciatus  

Kim, Jae-Won (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University)
Baeck, Gun-Wook (Korea Inter-university Institutes of Ocean Science, Pukyong National University)
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Applied Microscopy / v.34, no.2, 2004 , pp. 139-143 More about this Journal
Abstract
The ultrastructure of the gills of Oplegnathus fasciatus was examined by means of light and transmission electron microscopes. The gills have primary and secondary filaments (lamellae). The following cells are identified and described : epithelial cell, pillar cell, chloride cell and mucose cell. The simple epithelial layer consists of squamous epithelium containing a large nucleus and the surface is covered with some of microridges. The lamella pillar structures are characterized by axial microtubules and lateral membrane interdigitations. Chloride cells contain a lot of mitochondria and specifically developed tubular systems. The rough endoplasimic reticulum and golgi complex, and some of mucous granules were observed in immature mucous cells. The mature mucous cells were AB-PAS positive, globular in shape, and had mucous granules of similar size with various electron densities.
Keywords
Fine structure; Gill; Oplegnathus fasciatus;
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