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A comparative study of hematology of three air-breathing fishes

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Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Section B, Animal Sciences

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The blood parameters like haemoglobin level, hematocrit value and erythrocyte count were estimated in the three air-breathing fishes,Anabas scandens (Cuvier),Ophiocephalus gachua (Hamilton-Buchanan) andMystus vittatus (Bloch).A. scandens possesses a higher haemoglobin level than the other two. Hematocrit values also follow the same trend. Maximum erythrocyte count is also obtained forA. scandens. The higher values of haemoglobin content, hematocrit and erythrocyte counts inA. scandens andO. gachua are suggested to serve as rich oxygen stores simulating diving syndromes among higher vertebrates, besides reflecting an adaptation to the mixed condition of systemic arterial blood.

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  1. M Ramaswamy

    Present address: Govt. Arts College, 641 018, Coimbatore

  2. T Gopalakrishna Reddy

    Present address: Nagarjuna University, 522 510, Nagarjunasagar

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  1. Department of Zoology, Rajah Serfoji Govt. College, 613 005, Thanjavur

    M Ramaswamy

  2. Department of Zoology, Annamalai University, 608 101, Annamalainagar

    T Gopalakrishna Reddy

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Ramaswamy, M., Gopalakrishna Reddy, T. A comparative study of hematology of three air-breathing fishes. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Animal Sciences) 87, 381–385 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03179027

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