Fig. 4

Represented blood smears from of C. gariepinus showing (a) the normal erythrocytes, (b) the deformed ones after exposure to 0.5 mg/L HA, (c) the deformed ones after exposure to 1 mg/L HA, and (d) 100 mg/L HA; Tr, tear-drop cell; Sp, spinocyte; Cr, crenated cell; Ac, acanthocyte; Eco, eccentric nucleus; Bn, Bionucleus; Kn, kidney shape; Sh, schistocytic and Eli, Eliboat shape (H & E stain, scale bar: 100 μm)