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Anatomical identification of the presumed electroreceptors of two air breathing catfishes,Clarias batrachus andHeteropneustes fossilis

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Histological preparations for light microscopy have revealed for the first time the structure of the electroreceptor ofClarias batrachus andHeteropneustes fossilis, the 2 Indian air-breathing catfishes. These sensory organs are found to resemble the ampullary organs of many weakly electric and nonelectric electroreceptive teleost.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India

    C. B. L. Srivastava, M. Seal, P. K. Das & A. Gopesh

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The work was in part supported by grant of SCST (U.P.) during the period 1974–76 which is acknowledged.

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Srivastava, C.B.L., Seal, M., Das, P.K. et al. Anatomical identification of the presumed electroreceptors of two air breathing catfishes,Clarias batrachus andHeteropneustes fossilis. Experientia 34, 1345–1346 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01981462

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