International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies
2018, Vol. 6, Issue 5, Part E
Seasonal changes in the histological structure of thyroid of the catfish Clarias magur (Hamilton, 1822) from Uttar Pradesh, India
Author(s): Pratima Singh, PK Bajpai and Basudhara Roy Chowdhury
Abstract: Seasonal changes of the thyroid gland structure was examined in the catfish
Clarias magur collected from Ganga River drainage in Uttar Pradesh, India. The thyroid gland of fish is in the form of a general diffused pattern of the teleostean thyroid. It showed less activity in the winter months and was found the minimum follicular cell height in the month of November to January i.e. 4.66 ± 0.38, 4.18 ± 0.62 and 4.75 ± 0.54 µm respectively. Only one peak of thyroidal activity of
Clarias magur was observed in the month of August with cell height of 7.90 ± 0.22 µm.
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Pratima Singh, PK Bajpai, Basudhara Roy Chowdhury. Seasonal changes in the histological structure of thyroid of the catfish Clarias magur (Hamilton, 1822) from Uttar Pradesh, India. Int J Fish Aquat Stud 2018;6(5):377-379.
