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Electron microscopic studies on the retinal photoreceptors of the spotted snakehead, Channa punctatus
Author(s) -
Narayanan K.,
Khan A. A.
Publication year - 1995
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.1095-8649.1995.tb05996.x
Subject(s) - biology , snakehead , anatomy , retinal , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , botany
The retinal photoreceptors of Channa punctatus include rods, single cones and the double cones. The double cones have the outer segments having lamellae which are distorted into tubules and vesicles, and the inner segments with hypertrophied mitochondria.