Haematological characteristics of freshwater-reared and wild mullet, Mugil platanus Günther (Osteichthyes, Mugilidae)

Ranzani-Paiva, Maria José T; Ishikawa, Carlos M

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751996000300004

Abstract

Mullets, Mugilplalanus Günther, 1880. were obtained from the estua-rine area of CananÉia (São Paulo, Brazil) and from freshwater tearing tanks. For each fish the body weight, body length, gonad weight and gonad maturation stage were recorded and the allometric index (K) was calculated. Blood was collected for hematocrit (Ht), hemoglobin level (lib), total cell count (Er), and the determination of hematological indices (MCV. MCH, MCHC), as well as the differential leukocyte count (lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils, basophils and '"other cells"). The averages of the hematological analyses, hematological indeces, condition factor and leukocytes percentage of the specimens acclimated to fresh water were significantly higher than those of the specimens from the estuary.

Mugil plalanus; haematology; mullet; freshwater rearing

Haematological characteristics of freshwater-reared and wild mullet, Mugil platanus Günther (Osteichthyes, Mugilidae)

Maria José T. Ranzani-Paiva; Carlos M. Ishikawa

Seção de Aquicultura, Divisão de Pesca Interior, Instituto de Pesca (CPA-SAA). Avenida Francisco Matarazzo 455, 05031-900 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

ABSTRACT

Mullets, Mugilplalanus Günther, 1880. were obtained from the estua-rine area of CananÉia (São Paulo, Brazil) and from freshwater tearing tanks. For each fish the body weight, body length, gonad weight and gonad maturation stage were recorded and the allometric index (K) was calculated. Blood was collected for hematocrit (Ht), hemoglobin level (lib), total cell count (Er), and the determination of hematological indices (MCV. MCH, MCHC), as well as the differential leukocyte count (lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils, basophils and '"other cells"). The averages of the hematological analyses, hematological indeces, condition factor and leukocytes percentage of the specimens acclimated to fresh water were significantly higher than those of the specimens from the estuary.

Key words:Mugil plalanus, haematology, mullet, freshwater rearing

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The authors thank the technicians José Plaza and Hélio Sanches Mariscal, for collaborating with the collection of specimens, biologist Augusta Cocuzza das Eiras and graphic artist Regina Célia for drawing the graphs, and the Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, for the use of the laboratory in Cananéia.

Recebido em 07.VI.1996; acelto em 22.X.1996.

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Carnevia, D.; R. Mazzoni; O. Reosa; T. Eastman & D. Lorenzo. 1988. Variaciones estacionales de diversas parasitosis en la lisa Mugil liza - Val. 1836 del Rio de la Plata. Resumos VI Simposio Latinoamericano & V Simposio Brasileiro de Aquicultura, Florianópolis, p.299-304.
Collier, H.B. 1944. The standardization of blood haemoglobin determinations. Can. med. Ass. J. 50: 550-552.
Conroy, D.A. & G. Conroy. 1985. Observations on the haematology of the mountain mullet, Agonostomus montícola (Bancroft, 1836) in Venezuela. Riv. It. Piscic. Ittiop. 20 (3): 98-99.
Conroy, G.; D.A. Conroy & P.S. Ceccarelli. 1985. Diseases and parasites detected in grey mullets (Mugilidae) from coastal waters of São Paulo State, Brasil. II. Juvenile silver mullet (Mugil curema Val., 1983). Riv. It. Piscic. Ittiop. 20 (2): 75-76.
Costa Neto, P.L. 1977. Estatística. São Paulo, Edgard Blüncher, 246p.
Courtois, L. 1976. Hematology of juvenile striped bass, Morone saxatilis (Walbaum), acclimated to different environmental conditions. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 54 (2A): 221-223.
Gaviria, J.I. & J.E. Pérez. 1979. Parámetros sanguíneos en lisas, Mugil curema, en condiciones naturales y aclimatadas en agua dulce. Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. Univ. Oriente 18 (1): 89-97.
Goldenfarb, P.B.; F.P. Bowyer; E. Hall & E. Brosious. 1971. Reproducibility in the hematology laboratory: the microhematocrit determination. Americ. J. Clin. Path. 56 (1): 35-39.
Isaac-Nahum, V.J. & A.E.A.M. Vazzoller. 1983. Biologia reprodutiva de Micropogonia furnieri (Desmarest, 1823) (Teleostei, Scianidae). 1. Fator de condição como indicador do período de desova. Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. 32 (1):63-69.
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Mavares, R.N. & J.E. Pérez. 1984. Blood adaptations to marine freshwater environments in fish of the Family Sciaenidae (Perci formes). J. Fish Biol. 25 (6): 657-663.
Paperna, I. & M. Lahav. 1974. Mortality among grey mullets in a seawater pond due to caligiid parasitic copepod epizootic. Bamidgeh 26 (1): 12-15.
Pitombeira, M.S.; F.V.B. Gomes & J.M. Martins. 1969. Hematological data on the fishes of the genus Mugil Linnaeus. Arq. Cie. Mar 9 (2): 163-166.
Ranzani-Paiva, M.J.T. 1995. Características hematológicas de tainha, Mugil platanus GÜnther, 1880 (Ostcichthyes, Mugilidae) da região estuarino-lagunar de Cananéia - SP (Lat. 25º00' - Long 47º55"W). Bol. Inst. Pesca 22 (1): 1-22.
Ranzani-Paiva, M.J.T. & H.M. Godinho. 1986. Hematological characteristics of curimbatá, Prochilodus scrofa Slcindachner, 1881 (Ostcichthyes, Characiformes, Prochilodontidae) stocked in experimental conditions. Bol. Inst. Pesca 13 (2): 115-220.
Scorvo Filho, J.D.; E.R. Almeida-Dias; L.M.S. Ayrosa & P.F. Colherinhas-Novato. 1992. Efeito da densidade sobre o desenvolvimento de alevinos de tainha listrada (Mugilplatanus) em água doce. Bol. Inst. Pesca 19: 105-109.
Soares, L.II. 1965. Alguns dados hematológicos de Mugil curema Cuvier & Valenciennes. Bol. Inst. Biol. Mar. Univ. Rio Grande do Norte 2: 51-57.
Wintrobe, M.M. 1934. Variations in the size and haemoglobin content of erythrocytes in the blood of various vertebrates. Folia Haematologica 51: 32-49.

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13 July 2009
Date of issue
1996

History

Accepted
22 Oct 1996
Received
07 June 1996

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[1] Burton, C.B. & S.A Murray. 1979. Effects of density on goldfish blood - I. Hematology. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 62 (3): 555-558.

[2] Carnevia, D.; R. Mazzoni; O. Reosa; T. Eastman & D. Lorenzo. 1988. Variaciones estacionales de diversas parasitosis en la lisa Mugil liza - Val. 1836 del Rio de la Plata. Resumos VI Simposio Latinoamericano & V Simposio Brasileiro de Aquicultura, Florianópolis, p.299-304.

[3] Collier, H.B. 1944. The standardization of blood haemoglobin determinations. Can. med. Ass. J. 50: 550-552.

[4] Conroy, D.A. & G. Conroy. 1985. Observations on the haematology of the mountain mullet, Agonostomus montícola (Bancroft, 1836) in Venezuela. Riv. It. Piscic. Ittiop. 20 (3): 98-99.

[5] Conroy, G.; D.A. Conroy & P.S. Ceccarelli. 1985. Diseases and parasites detected in grey mullets (Mugilidae) from coastal waters of São Paulo State, Brasil. II. Juvenile silver mullet (Mugil curema Val., 1983). Riv. It. Piscic. Ittiop. 20 (2): 75-76.

[6] Costa Neto, P.L. 1977. Estatística. São Paulo, Edgard Blüncher, 246p.

[7] Courtois, L. 1976. Hematology of juvenile striped bass, Morone saxatilis (Walbaum), acclimated to different environmental conditions. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 54 (2A): 221-223.

[8] Gaviria, J.I. & J.E. Pérez. 1979. Parámetros sanguíneos en lisas, Mugil curema, en condiciones naturales y aclimatadas en agua dulce. Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. Univ. Oriente 18 (1): 89-97.

[9] Goldenfarb, P.B.; F.P. Bowyer; E. Hall & E. Brosious. 1971. Reproducibility in the hematology laboratory: the microhematocrit determination. Americ. J. Clin. Path. 56 (1): 35-39.

[10] Isaac-Nahum, V.J. & A.E.A.M. Vazzoller. 1983. Biologia reprodutiva de Micropogonia furnieri (Desmarest, 1823) (Teleostei, Scianidae). 1. Fator de condição como indicador do período de desova. Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. 32 (1):63-69.

[11] LIAO, I.C. 1981. Cultivation methods, p.361-377. In: O.H. OREN (Ed.). Aquaculture of grey mullets. Cambridge University Press, 507p.

[12] Mavares, R.N. & J.E. Pérez. 1984. Blood adaptations to marine freshwater environments in fish of the Family Sciaenidae (Perci formes). J. Fish Biol. 25 (6): 657-663.

[13] Paperna, I. & M. Lahav. 1974. Mortality among grey mullets in a seawater pond due to caligiid parasitic copepod epizootic. Bamidgeh 26 (1): 12-15.

[14] Pitombeira, M.S.; F.V.B. Gomes & J.M. Martins. 1969. Hematological data on the fishes of the genus Mugil Linnaeus. Arq. Cie. Mar 9 (2): 163-166.

[15] Ranzani-Paiva, M.J.T. 1995. Características hematológicas de tainha, Mugil platanus GÜnther, 1880 (Ostcichthyes, Mugilidae) da região estuarino-lagunar de Cananéia - SP (Lat. 25º00' - Long 47º55"W). Bol. Inst. Pesca 22 (1): 1-22.

[16] Ranzani-Paiva, M.J.T. & H.M. Godinho. 1986. Hematological characteristics of curimbatá, Prochilodus scrofa Slcindachner, 1881 (Ostcichthyes, Characiformes, Prochilodontidae) stocked in experimental conditions. Bol. Inst. Pesca 13 (2): 115-220.

[17] Scorvo Filho, J.D.; E.R. Almeida-Dias; L.M.S. Ayrosa & P.F. Colherinhas-Novato. 1992. Efeito da densidade sobre o desenvolvimento de alevinos de tainha listrada (Mugilplatanus) em água doce. Bol. Inst. Pesca 19: 105-109.

[18] Soares, L.II. 1965. Alguns dados hematológicos de Mugil curema Cuvier & Valenciennes. Bol. Inst. Biol. Mar. Univ. Rio Grande do Norte 2: 51-57.

[19] Wintrobe, M.M. 1934. Variations in the size and haemoglobin content of erythrocytes in the blood of various vertebrates. Folia Haematologica 51: 32-49.