Abstract
The ultrastructure of the primary epithelium, and the efferent half of the subepithelium, of the primary gill lamellae of slimy mackerel (Scomber australasicus) is described. The following cells are identified and described: light nucleated epithelial cells (surface and basal), dark nucleated cells, mucous cells, acidophilic cells, type 1 cells, type 2 cells, type 3 cells and chloride cells in the epithelial region, and subepithelial cells A and B, fibroblasts, chondrocytes, cells of the wall of efferent blood vessel and some blood cells in the subepithelium.
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