[Electron microscopical and ultrahistochemical investigations of erythrocytes from eel (Anguilla angiulla) and rainbow-trout (Salmo giardneri) under the specific consideration of the segregation apparatus and the marginal band (author's transl)].

Comparative studies were carried out on the fine structure of the erythrocytes of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) and the rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) using electron microscopy and ultrahistochemistry. The cell organelles, the marginal band and the segregation apparatus were investigated. The 2 organelles revealed specific differences. An alkaline phosphatase activity was revealed by ultrahistochemistry at the cell surface only, while alternating activities between the nuclear membranes, in the Golgi complex and in the segregation apparatus were observed in the acid phosphatase depending on the differentiation stage of the erythrocytes. The results are being discussed relating to a function of the segregation apparatus and the marginal band.