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Histological study of different regions of the skin and gills in the mudskipper, Boleophthalmus boddarti with respect to their respiratory function

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

N. K. Al-Kadhomiy  and
G. M. Hughes
N. K. Al-Kadhomiy
Affiliation:
Research Unit for Comparative Animal Respiration, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG
G. M. Hughes
Affiliation:
Research Unit for Comparative Animal Respiration, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG
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Gills are the typical respiratory organ of fish in their usual habitat of well-aerated water. The transition from water- to air-breathing required many modifications to the structural and physiological adaptations of the gas-exchange surfaces, i.e. gill, skin, swimbladder and other accessory organs of the alimentary canal. The skin is particularly important among air-breathing fish. This histological study showed varying degrees of adaptation of parts of the skin from different body regions, paying particular attention to the water/blood barrier. The results suggest a general importance in gas exchange in the following order: gill, inner operculum, nasal, body and outer opercular skin, as indicated by increasing thickness of the water/blood barrier.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 68 , Issue 3 , August 1988 , pp. 413 - 422
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1988

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