Histological study of maxillary barbels in Silurus triostegus and Heteropneustes fossilis

[Horlack]

(Nota : I have not seen and found this old article/paper on this section of the forum. So I put it.
search.php?keywords=Heteropneustes+&fid%5B0%5D=14 => paper not found
search.php?keywords=triostegus+&fid%5B0%5D=14 => paper not found
)

Histological study of maxillary barbels in Silurus triostegus and Heteropneustes fossilis (SILURIFORMES) fishes collected from Basra City waters

Papers : Samarra Journal of Pure and Applied Science
Article Information : Received: 26/11/2021, Accepted: 04/01/2022
Samarra J. Pure Appl. Sci., 2022; 4 (2): 7-15
Authors : Azal N. Al-Nusear, Raghad I. Abed, Saad M. S. Abdulsamad
HTML : http://www.sjpas.com/index.php/sjpas/article/view/333
PDF : http://www.sjpas.com/index.php/sjpas/ar ... ew/333/105

In this study the maxillary barbels were investigated in Silurus
triostegus (Heckel, 1843) and Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794)
which collected from Basra (Shatt Al Arab) waters. After histological
preparations, the histological results revealed that in the two species,
the barbels showed epithelium, dermis, muscle layers, tastes buds, blood
vessels, nerve fibers and cartilage. The thickness of epithelium differs
between the two species also the shape of taste buds. The cartilage
occupies the core of the barbel and consider to be primitive cartilage
with chondrocytes and matrix. Two types of muscles were distinguished
in the studied species smooth and skeletal muscles..

Keywords : Barbel, Cartilage, fossilis, Heteropneustes, Siluriformes