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Histochemical studies with microphotometric determinations of the lateral muscles in the sharks Etmopterus spinax and Galeus melastomus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Harald Kryvi  and
Geir Kåre Totland
Harald Kryvi
Affiliation:
Insitute of Anatomy, University of Bergen, Arstadvollen, 5000 Bergen, Norway
Geir Kåre Totland
Affiliation:
Insitute of Anatomy, University of Bergen, Arstadvollen, 5000 Bergen, Norway
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In most fishes the fibre types of the axial muscles (musculus lateralis) are organized in separate groups. Commonly, there is an outer layer of red fibres of small diameter, medially there is a layer of larger, white fibres. With some modifications this scheme holds for the hagfish (Flood & Mathisen, 1962; Korneliussen & Nicolaysen, 1973), for sharks (Bone, 1966; Hagiwara & Takahashi, 1967; Brotchi, 1969) and for teleosts (e.g. Nishihara, 19673 Rayner & Keenan, 1967; Walker, 1971; Nag & Nursall, 1972; Patterson & Goldspink, 1972). The tail muscles of salamanders are similarly arranged (Sherkov, 1970; Totland, 1976 a, b).

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 57 , Issue 1 , February 1977 , pp. 261 - 271
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1977

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