The Asian Journal of Animal Science

B. Laxma Reddy ¹, G. Benarjee ¹

Affiliations
1 Fisheries Research Lab, Department of Zoology, Kakatiya University, Warangal A.P., IN

Abstract

In fresh water teleost, Clarias batrachus four pairs of gills and four pairs of gill arches are present on either side of pharynx. The four gill arches on one side bearing the gills are enclosed in gill chamber, which is covered by operculum. The gill rackers and gill arches are the other important structures in gill. The present study deals with the histological and histochemical nature of gill.

Keywords

clarias Batrachus, Histology, Histochemistry, Gill

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