Trace metals in vertebral columns of deep-sea teleost fish.
Deep-sea teleost fish were collected from the Sagami Bay near a deep fissure in the Pacific Ocean. Fish were identified as Chlorophthalmis albatrosis, Engyprosopan xystrias, Satyrichthys hians, Ventrifossa garmani, and Halieutaea stellata. The Etmopterus lucifer is not a teleost, but a deep-sea shark. Just after being caught and fixed in neutral 20% formol, the vertebral column was resected and prepared for measurement by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry. Trace elements were found to be Al, Si, Ti, Fe, Cu, Cd, Zn, and Hg at micrograms per gram levels. Major elements were Mg, Ca, P, and S at the milligram per gram level. Some of trace elements, Zn and Hg, were also usually found at this level.
Yamada
M
M
Department of Anatomy, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan.
Fujimori
K
K
Yamada
G
G
Moriwake
Y
Y
Tohno
S
S
Tohno
Y
Y
D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D012754:Sharks / Q000378:metabolism; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D013131:Spine / Q000737:chemistry*; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism
D014131:Trace Elements