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Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, Vol s3-102, 361-369, Copyright © 1961 by Company of Biologists

Structural Changes in the Gills, Intestine, and Kidney of Etroplus maculatus (Teleostei) adapted to different Salinities

V. VIRABHADRACHARI 1

1 Department of Zoology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India

There is an increase in the number of the so-called ‘chloride cells’ in the gill epithelium with increasing salinity of the medium. In 75% and 100% sea-water the ‘chloride cells’ exhibit a change in structure, in that they become more granular and acquire an apical vacuole. There is also a general decrease in the number of mucous cells with increasing salinity of the medium of adaptation.

The glomerulus tends to become smaller in the fishes adapted to high salinity as compared to the fresh-water fish. There is also a deposition of pigment around the nucleus and an indication of some changes in the nucleus of the kidney tubule cells in fishes adapted to 100% sea-water.

In the intestine, adaptation to high salinities results in an increase in the nuclear size of the columnar epithelial cells, an increase in the number of flask-shaped cells, and a considerable increase in the thickness occupied by the tunica propria.






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