ON THE BIMODAL RESPIRATION OF NOTOPTERUSNOTOPTERUS
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2002-12-12
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Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Avinashilingam Deemed University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Notopterusnotopterus is a freshwater air-breathing fish distributed in various habitats in the Indian subcontinent. The fish presents a number of adaptations to its air-breathing habit. The fish is capable of living on land. However, the fish is a facultative air-breather. Under bimodal conditions, it extracted 57.7% of its total oxygen, requirement from water and 42.3% from air for respiratory purposes. The air/aquatic ratio was 0.73
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Notopterusnotopterus, air-breathing, adaptations, bimodal