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A quantitative and histochemical study on melano‐macrophage centres in the spleen of the teleost fish Diplodus annularis L.
Author(s) -
Micale V.,
Perdichizzi F.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1990.tb05851.x
Subject(s) - biology , spleen , fish <actinopterygii> , zoology , diplodus , lipofuscin , fishery , immunology , biochemistry
The incidence and histochemical features of melano‐macrophage centres in the spleen of the teleost fish D. annularis were studied with respect to starved and fed fish. Tissue catabolism following complete starvation appears to induce formation of new centres containing melanin and lipofuscin pigments. However, a change in the amount of melano‐macrophages was also recorded in fed fish, suggesting that some other factor(s), internal to fish, may affect the presence of such structures within the spleen of D. annularis .