title: Blood cells of a sisorid catfish Glyptosternum maculatum (Siluriformes: Sisoridae), in Tibetan Plateau.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hui Juan
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Cong Xin
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Da Peng
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hai Ping
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xue Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: 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