Occurrence of keratinization in the structures associated with lips of a hill stream fish Garra lamta (Hamilton) (Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1165-1172

  Pinky, ^a   Mittal, S ^a   Yashpal, M ^a   Ojha, J ^b,c   Mittal, A K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b T M BHAGALPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Rajendra Nagar   (India)

Author keywords

Fluorescence microscopy; Garra lamta; Hill stream fish; Keratinization; Protein histochemistry; Structures associated with lips

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FEEDING MECHANISM; FISH; GRAZING;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; GARRA; GARRA LAMTA;

EID: 5144233492     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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