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A New Type of Luminescence in Fishes, III. The Gland in Cœlorhynchus cœlorhynchus Risso

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

C. F. Hickling
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The luminiferous organ of the Macrurid fish Cœlorhynchus cœlorhynchus Risso is described in this paper. It consists of a gland, flattened dorsoventrally, placed in the body-wall, just in front of the pelvic fins. The secretory epithelium is thrown into a series of tubules, projecting downwards from the roof of the gland into a system of collecting spaces: the latter are confluent, posteriorly, with a duct which leads backwards, between the pelvic fins, to the anus. Blind pouches, which run upwards for a short distance beside the rectum, arise from the duct at its external opening at the anus.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , October 1931 , pp. 853 - 875
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1931

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