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http://dx.doi.org/10.5657/kfas.2003.36.5.480

Ultrastructure of Spermatozoa of the Slender Catfish, Pseudobagrus brevicorpus (Teleostei, Bagridae) with Phylogenetic Considerations  

KIM Kgu Hwan (Department of Radiologic Technology, Daegu Health College)
LEE Joon Il (Department of Radiologic Technology, Daegu Health College)
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Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences / v.36, no.5, 2003 , pp. 480-485 More about this Journal
Abstract
Morphology of the spermatozoa from the testes of the catfish (Pseudobagrus brevicorpus) was studied by transmission and scanning electron microscopy. The spermatozoa of P. brevicorpus are approximately $82.25\pm0.06\;{\mu}m$ in length and relatively simple cells composed of a spherical head, a short midpiece and a tail as in most teleost fish, The nucleus measuring about $2.00\pm0.02\;{\mu}m$ in length is depressed with a deep nuclear fossa of about $1.05\pm0.03\;{\mu}m$ in length three fifths of the nuclear length. The nuclear fossa contains the proximal and distal centrioles. The two centrioles are oriented approximately $150^{\circ}$ to each other. The mitochondria are arranged in two layers and their number is 12 or more. They are separated from the axoneme by the cytoplasmic canal. The axoneme is the 9+2 microtubular pattern and has inner but no outer dynein arms as in other bagrids. The axonemal fins were the closed to axonemal doublet 3 and 8. The axonemal fins and lost outer dynein arm are shared in Bagridae and the deep nuclear fossa is shared in Siluriformes. The axonemal fins observed in Bagridae and Amblycipitidae of Siluriformes might be the apomorphic character in Ostariophysi.
Keywords
Sperm; Ultrastructure; Teleostei; Bagridae;
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