New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Blood group antigen/antibody reactions of some New Zealand fishes

D. S. Ford

Blood Group Reference Laboratory (WHO), Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia

R. W. Gauldie*

Fisheries Research Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, P.O. Box 19062, Wellington, New Zealand

Abstract The frequency of red blood cell antigens in the spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias, was shown to be not statistically different from that described for fish from the Gulf of Maine, U.S.A. Five other species of fish in New Zealand waters, snapper (Chrysophyrs auratus), barracouta (Thyrsites atun), gurnard (Trigla kumu), red cod (Pseudophycis bacchus), and tarakihi (Cheilodactylus macropterus) were shown to carry antibodies that may be useful reagents in defining stocks of fish on the basis of red blood cell antigen frequency.

New Zealand journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 1979, 13 (2): 273-276.
Received 14 February 1978

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