(1) Present address: Laboratório de Ciências do Mar da Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil;(2) Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Abstract:
Red cell osmotic fragility was studied in 50 blood samples of the fish Scomberomorus maculatus (Mitchill). High levels of mean corpuscular fragility were found and hypotheses are presented to explain this phenomenon.