The spermatozoa of Leiocassis nitidus are relatively simple cells composed of a spherical head, a short midpiece, and a tail, as in most Siluriformes. The ultrastracture is characterized by the following features: Acrosome absent, as in most teleosts;a round nucleus about 1.8 mu m long, with a deep nuclear fossa containing the proximal and distal centrioles and mitochondria. Two centrioles approximately 180 deg from each other; 10 or more mitochondria surrounding the axoneme (with a 9+2 microtubular pattern), arranged in two layers in the postnuclear cytoplasm and separated from the axoneme by the cytoplasmic canal. Two lateral fins on the same plane as the two central microtubules; doublets 3 and 8, which are ultrastructural characteristics of the sperma tail unlike other siluroids laking the lateral fins.
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