Discovery reports (1962) Discovery reports discoveryreports31inst Year: 1962 Text-fig. 12. Swimbladders of Astronesthes lucifer (a and b) ; Borostomias antarcticus (c) and Astronesthes gemmifer (d). Lateral views. In (c) two transverse sections of the swimbladder show the inner disposition of the gas-gland, ft, fatty investment of swimbladder; gg, gas-gland; k, kidney; oy, ovary; psb, posterior end of swimbladder; ra, retial artery; rv, retial vein; rm, rete mirabile; sb, swimbladder. (a, x7'5; b, x i ; c, x 2; d, X4-8.) Astronesthes similis Parr Dana St. 939, 500-m. wire. Reg. no. 1929
Discovery reports (1962) Discovery reports discoveryreports31inst Year: 1962 Text-fig. 12. Swimbladders of Astronesthes lucifer (a and b) ; Borostomias antarcticus (c) and Astronesthes gemmifer (d). Lateral views. In (c) two transverse sections of the swimbladder show the inner disposition of the gas-gland, ft, fatty investment of swimbladder; gg, gas-gland; k, kidney; oy, ovary; psb, posterior end of swimbladder; ra, retial artery; rv, retial vein; rm, rete mirabile; sb, swimbladder. (a, x7'5; b, x i ; c, x 2; d, X4-8.) Astronesthes similis Parr Dana St. 939, 500-m. wire. Reg. no. 81. Standard length 105 mm. (20x5 mm.). The swimbladder bauplan of this species is similar to that of other Astronesthes spp. The pointed forward end of the sac, which is thin-walled, lies opposite the posterior edges of the gill covers. There is a bilobed gas-gland immediately in front of the bulbous rete mirabile, which enters the
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