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The anatomy and histology of the alimentary canal of a carnivorous fishMegalops cyprinoides (Brouss)

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Abbreviations

b.m. :

basement membrane

c.c. :

columnar cell

c.m. :

circular muscle layer

c.st. :

corpus of the stomach

c.t. :

connective tissue

d.m. :

dorsal mucosa

du. :

duodenum

g.c. :

goblet cell

g.cr. :

gastric crypt

g.g. :

gastric gland

g.g.c. :

gastric gland cell

int. :

intestine

l. :

lumen

le. :

leucocytes

l.m. :

longitudinal muscle layer

l.p. :

lamina propria

m. :

mucus

m.c. :

mucous cell

m.f. :

mucosal fold

nu. :

nucleus

oe. :

oesophagus

p. :

pylorus

p.c. :

pyloric stomach

p.p. :

papillary projection

p.v. :

pyloric valve

rec. :

rectum

s. :

serosa

s.m. :

submucosa

st.c. :

stratum compactum

st.e. :

stratified epithelium

t.b. :

taste-bud

t.p. :

top-plate

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  1. Department of Zoology, Presidency College, Madras

    S. M. Kamal Pasha

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Communicated by Dr. S. Krishnaswamy,f.a.sc.

Formed part of the thesis approved by the University of Madras.

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Pasha, S.M.K. The anatomy and histology of the alimentary canal of a carnivorous fishMegalops cyprinoides (Brouss). Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 60, 107–115 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03052355

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