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BRAZILIAN ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 43, Issue 4, Pages 421-423Publisher
INST TECNOLOGIA PARANA
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132000000400011
Keywords
gill; morphology; scanning; Eugerres brasilianus
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The gills of the adult fish, Eugerres brasilianus (Gerreidae) were analyzed in a scanning electron microscope. The stratified epithelium was uniform on all parts of the branchial arch. Concentric microridges were present on cells that form this epithelium and were mainly observed in the primary lamellae and pharyngeal region where mucous cells were also abundant. The ultrastructural features of E. brasilianus gills indicated that this was not a filtering species, and that the feeding habit included mainly the intake of small organisms. The results presently obtained agreed with other literature data which determined the feeding habit of this species by means of stomach content analysis and other aspects.
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