Abstract
1. Both acetylcholine and catecholamines showed melanin-aggregating action within melanophores on an isolated bony plate of the mailed catfish Corydoras paleatus. 2. Chromatic nervous stimulation either by an electrical field or by an elevation of [K +] 0 brought about melanosome aggregation. 3. Alpha adrenolytic agents antagonized the melanin-aggregating effects either of catecholamines or of nervous stimuli. 4. Muscarinic cholinolytics interfered with the action of acetylcholine, but did not have any effect on the responses to nervous stimuli. 5. In addition to the alpha adrenoceptors which participate in sympathetic-melanophore transmission, muscarinic cholinoceptors of unknown functional significance, which also mediate melanosome aggregation in the cell, exist in Corydoras melanophores.
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