PAVEMENT CELL ULTRASTRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES ON HOPLIAS-MALABARICUS GILLEPITHELIA

Authors
MORON SE FERNANDES MN
Citation
Se. Moron et Mn. Fernandes, PAVEMENT CELL ULTRASTRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES ON HOPLIAS-MALABARICUS GILLEPITHELIA, Journal of Fish Biology, 49(2), 1996, pp. 357-362
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Journal of Fish Biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221112
Volume
49
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
357 - 362
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1112(1996)49:2<357:PCUDOH>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Pavement cells from the leading and trailing edges of the gill filamen t of Hoplias malabaricus exhibit a complex system of microridges, a lo ng tight junction and a large number of desmosomes. Pavement cells fro m the secondary lamellae are smooth surfaced with clearly defined cell boundaries by a circular microridge. The junctional complex of these cells is short and it is characterized by an intense interdigitation b etween cells. (C) 1996 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles