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bored through a peritoneal sac is formed underneath the skin 
a 

closely investing the extra-abdominal liver lobe which is quite 
: : q 
Lateral view of Clarias batrachus with the skin cut open to 
] : : 
xt ’ 
PECTF, pectoral fin; PECTS, pectoral spine; RECL, right 
extra-coelomic liver; RECM, right extra-coelomic kidney 
lobe 
to expose the extra-coelomic o ettering as i 
Clarias batrachus, dissected with the viscera 7 CL, coelo- 
mic liver; GON, ad f patic portal vein , 
: E . 
‘coelomic kidney lobe; PCAR » Posterior cardinal vein: 
SPL, spleen; STC, stomach. 
for itself a cup-shaped pit or depression in it. The body-wall 
is quite thick and muscular measuring about -4 mm. in thick- 
ness. 
The slender stalk of the liver substance joining the 
coelomic liver with the extra-coelomic liver may be called the 
‘‘isthmus ” of the liver. It lies inside the canal lined by the 
parietal peritoneum of the body-wall. The isthmus of the 
a 
