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Biol Bull 115: 172-179. (October 1958)
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THE SWIMBLADDER OF THE TOADFISH (OPSANUS TAU L.)

RAGNAR FÄNGE 1 and JONATHAN B. WITTENBERG 1

1 The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts; The Department of Zoophysiology, A University of Lund, Lund, Sweden; and The Departments of Physiology and Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, New York 61, N. Y.

1. The anatomy of the swimbladder and the gas gland of the toadfish (Opsanus tau L.) is described. The swimbladder is of the euphysoclist type. The gas gland is composed of a single cell layer.

2. Both physiologically and morphologically the swimbladder of the toadfish shows strong resemblances to that of the eel (Anguilla). The swimbladder normally has a high proportion of oxygen, an unusual feature for fishes living in shallow water.




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