title: A SEM study of the olfactory lamellae of the catfish Heteropneustes fossilis (Bl.).
abstract: The olfactory lamellae of the catfish H. fossilis (Bl.) was studied in the scanning electron microscope. The olfactory lamellae are composed of sensory and non-sensory epithelium. The sensory epithelium contains large numbers of ciliated receptor cells, whereas the non-sensory raphe epithelium is covered with a dense mat of non-sensory cilia. It is not known whether the olfactory cilia possess receptor sites.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002397:Catfishes / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009831:Olfactory Mucosa / Q000648:ultrastructure*