Bile pigments in the blood serum of fish from the family cottidae

Philip S. Low; Jeffrey L. Bada

doi:10.1016/0300-9629(74)90003-6

Bile pigments in the blood serum of fish from the family cottidae

Philip S. Low, Jeffrey L. Bada

Houston Methodist

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1. 1. The sera of ten species of fish from the family Cottidae were examined for pigmentation. Eight species were found to have brightly colored sera with the coloration ranging from blue-green to red. 2. 2. The net coloration of the serum is due to varying amounts of red, blue and green chromoproteins. 3. 3. The chromophore of the blue and green chromoproteins was found to be biliverdin; the chromophore of the red chromoprotein is also a bile pigment possibly related to the phycobilins found in algae. 4. 4. The concentration of biliverdin in Cottidae (>0.06mg/ml) serum is significantly higher than the threshold bilirubin serum values in jaundice.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	411-418
Number of pages	8
Journal	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part A: Physiology
Volume	47
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0300-9629(74)90003-6
State	Published - Feb 1 1974

Keywords

bile pigments
biliverdin
Clinocottus analis
Cottidae
Leiocottus hirundo
pigments in serum of fish
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

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Physiology
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry
General Medicine

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