The Histology of Fishes

by Frank Kirschbaum, Krzysztof Formicki
June 2020

The Histology of Fishes pdf

The book is a multi-authored book of 18 chapters comprising the state of the art work of all relevant topics on modern fish histology from 28 authors from ten countries. The topics include Introduction to Histological Techniques, Integument, Fish Skeletal Tissues, Muscular System, Structure and Function of Electric Organs, Digestive System, Glands of the Digestive Tract, Swim Bladder, Kidney, Ovaries and Eggs, Egg Envelopes, Testis Structure, Spermatogenesis, and Spermatozoa in Teleost Fishes, Cardiovascular System and Blood, Immune System of Fish, Gills: Respiration and Ionic-Osmoregulation, Sensory Organs, Morphology and Ecomorphology of the Fish Brain, and Endocrine System. Structural and functional aspects are treated and in a comparative way fish diversity at various taxonomic levels is integrated.

It was our conviction that this complexity of new techniques and results in histology could only be demonstrated in a multi-author book of many specialists in the field sharing their knowledge and experience. Thus, a book with 18 chapters comprising the work of 28 authors and co-authors from 10 countries arose. We must admit that we sometimes underestimated the task and time in order to motivate all our colleagues to meet the deadlines.

An additional intention of this monograph was the integration of functional aspects and a comparative view on the diversity of histological features of fishes (actually more than 30.000 species described) with their amazing ecological specializations. To match with these expectations we also encouraged the authors to compile very detailed lists of references and to produce high quality figures. We therefore believe that this monograph with its eighteen chapters represents a useful compilation of the actual state-of-the-art of histology helpful for scientists and students in many disciplines. Though this monograph treats normal histology it will be useful as a guideline for fish pathology and fish histopathology.

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