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14. Ona Peculiar Disposition of the Liver and the 
Kidney in the Fish Genera Clurias and Saccobranchus. 
By Sat Korr Durra. M.Sc., Research Scholar, Zoology 
Department, University of Allahabad, Allahabad. 
CONTENTS. 
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I. Introduction . ee lll 
II. Material and Technique .. te ners REY e- 
IIT. Position and Structure of the Liver and the Kidney Meee 8 
(i) Clarias batrachus : a se wets 
é (ii) Saccobranchus fossilis a rs ieee Gs 
Lvs Histology of the Liver and the Kidney of Clarias batrachus 4116 
Conclusion : si os a mente 5 2 
Literature 120 
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I. InrropuctTion. 
During the course of my work on the excretory sys- 
tem of Indian fishes, a work suggested to me by Professor 
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and Saccobranchus. On looking up the literature on the sub- 
Clarias neuhoffi from Sumatra by Max Weber (19) and_ in 
Saccobranchus fossilis by Hyrtl (10) and Pape (13), yet some 
ity as in Plotosus and Clarias. : 
_. Hyrtl (10) has given the following description of the 
kidney of Arius cous :—‘ The kidney is divided into a head 
and a body part. The head piece stretches itself lengthwise on 
the lateral pectoral fin. It forms a rounded swelling which 
