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On the Morphology and Function of Red and White Skeletal Muscle in the Anchovies Engraulis Encrasicolus L. and E. Mordax Girard

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

M. Greer Walker ,
J. Horwood  and
Lynn Emerson
M. Greer Walker
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Fisheries Laboratory, Lowestoft, Suffolk
J. Horwood
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Fisheries Laboratory, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Lynn Emerson
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Fisheries Laboratory, Lowestoft, Suffolk
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During a survey of teleost skeletal muscle (Greer Walker & Pull, 1975) it was found that the morphology of the red or slow muscle fibres of the anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus L.) was markedly different from that of other species. In transverse section the fibres appear flattened as lamellae and are considerably larger in area than those of comparable species. This paper describes some aspects of their morphology, function and growth in comparison with other species.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 60 , Issue 1 , February 1980 , pp. 31 - 37
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1980

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