Blood cells of a sisorid catfish Glyptosternum maculatum (Siluriformes: Sisoridae), in Tibetan Plateau.
The peripheral blood cells of a sisorid catfish Glyptosternum maculatum were studied using light microscope and transmission electron microscope. The size of cells and nucleus, and the percentage of different leucocytes were also described. Erythrocytes and four types of leucocytes: lymphocytes, heterophils, monocytes, and thrombocytes were characterized in G. maculatum blood. The dividing erythrocytes could be found sporadically. A plasma cell was observed under a transmission electron microscope. The morphology and structure of blood cells of G. maculatum were basically similar to those of other fish species, although there were also main differences, such as larger erythrocytes than other catfishes, absence of basophils and acidophils, and various types of thrombocytes (five types: lone nucleus, fusiform, tadpole-like, oval, and in a cluster).
Zhang
Hui Juan
HJ
College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Xie
Cong Xin
CX
Li
Da Peng
DP
Liu
Hai Ping
HP
Yang
Xue Feng
XF
D000818:Animals; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000166:cytology; D002397:Catfishes / Q000502:physiology*; D048429:Cell Size; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D018609:Tibet