Gulf killifish

Melius, P., D. Elam, M. Kilgore, B. Tan, and W.P. Schoor. 1980. Mixed function oxidase inducibility and polyaromatic hydrocarbon metabolism in the mullet, sea catfish, and Gulf killifish. Pages 1059-1075 in A. Bjorseth and A.J. Dennis (eds.). Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons Chemistry and Biological Effects. Battelle Press, Columbus, OH. 

Roszell, L.E. and C.D. Rice. Innate cellular immune function of anterior kidney leucocytes in the gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis. Fish Shellfish Immunol. 8 129-142, 1998. 

Fish absorb hydrocarbons primarily from the water, although ingestion of tainted food also leads to tissue contamination. Rate of uptake depends directly upon exposure concentration and lipid content of the fish. Apparently, the various components of petroleum hydrocarbons are sorbed at different rates and are also selectively deposited in specific tissues. For example. Whittle etaL (1977) treated juvenile herring with " C-hexadecane and C-benzo[a]pyrene to determine the sites of deposition of these compounds. It was then shown that 59% of the hexadecane was found in the muscle, whereas 8% and 3% occurred in the mesenteric fat and stomach fat, respectively. By contrast, the corresponding values for benzo[a]pyrene were 0.1, 0.02, and 87.1%, respectively. In most cases, the rate of depuration is rapid but once again depends on the chemical composition of the oil, lipid content of the fish, and environmental factors such as temperature. Although the maximum half-life of /2-alkanes in kerosene-tainted mullet was 18 days, the concentration of naphthalenes in gulf killifish exposed to No. 2 fuel oil declined to nondetectable levels within 15 days (Connell and Miller, 1981). 

Goldflsh Carassius auratus Greenland halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Gulf killifish Fundulus grandis Guppy Lebistes reticulata... 

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