DISTRIBUTION OF JUXTAGLOMERULAR CELLS IN THE KIDNEY OF THE RED BATFISH

Histologic examination was made on the distribution pattern of juxtaglomerular (JG) cells in the aglomerular kidney of the red batfish Halieutaea stellata. In this examination, five specimens (71 to 183 g in body weight) were used and serial histologic sections were prepared from left and right kidneys (0.26 to 0.89 g in combined weight) of these specimens. From detailed histologic observation performed on the whole sections, it was ascertained that JG cells were localized as clusters in several regions within the kidney and the number of cell clusters was 3 to 10 and 4 to 10 in the left and right kidney tissues, respectively.