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On the occurrence of osteochondroma and osteoma in the marine cat-fish Tachysurus jella (Day)

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Title On the occurrence of osteochondroma and osteoma in the marine cat-fish Tachysurus jella (Day)
 
Creator Selvaraj, G S D
Gopakumar, K
Rajagopalan, M
 
Subject Cat Fishes
 
Description This paper embodies a brief description of the different types (osteochondromata and osteomata) and transitional forms of tumours observed on different regions of the
body of the three specimens of the cat-flsh Tachysurus jella (Day), collected from the south west coast of India. The biochemical composition of the muscle and tumour
tissues have been analysed and the aetiology of tumourigenesis in marine cat-fishes are discussed.
The present record is the first of such type of skin and bone tumours reported on this species which has a fairly wide distribution in the Indian Seas.
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 1973
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1597/1/Selvaraj_571-576.pdf
Selvaraj, G S D and Gopakumar, K and Rajagopalan, M (1973) On the occurrence of osteochondroma and osteoma in the marine cat-fish Tachysurus jella (Day). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 15 (2). pp. 571-576.