Abstract
Gill phospholipid composition was quantitatively determined for four Amazon fishes. The fishes included Hoplias malabaricus (obligate water breather), Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus and Erythrinus erythrinus (facultative air breathers), and Arapaima gigas (obligate air breather). Phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine were the principal gill phospholipids (49–64% and 12–27% of the total phospholipids, respectively). Other phospholipids present included sphingomyelin (5–16%), phosphatidylserine(1–13%), lysophosphatidylcholine (0–6%), phosphatidylinositol (0–5%), and diphosphatidylglycerol (0–3%). The gill phospholipid composition was similarfor these four species of fish.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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2 articles.
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