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Glands in the olfactory epithelium of marine fish

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Specific features of the morphohistochemical and ultrastructural organization of the secretory system of olfactory organs in marine fish from the Pacific region were studied. Multicellular alveolar and tubular glands were revealed in the olfactory epithelium of Pleurogrammus azonus, Myoxocephalus yaok, Enophrys diceraus, Alcichthys elongatus, Gymnocanthus pistilliger, Hemilepidotus gilberti, Hemitripterus villosus, Podothecus veternus, Liparis dubius, Clupea pallasi, as well as in salmonids (Oncorhynchus nerka, O. keta, O. gorbuscha, O. masou, O. kisutch, O. tschawytscha) and in tetraodontids (Takifugu rubripes). The morphofunctional characteristic of the described glands is close to the Bowman’s glands of land animals. The structure, localization, and density of location of olfactory glands are determined by specific features of the ecology of the species. These structures are most numerous in bottom and near-bottom representatives of marine ichthyofauna.

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Original Russian Text © M.A. Doroshenko, 2007, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2007, Vol. 47, No. 4. pp. 529–536.

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Doroshenko, M.A. Glands in the olfactory epithelium of marine fish. J. Ichthyol. 47, 449–455 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945207060045

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