Table 1. Cell area, nucleus area, cell diameter, nucleus diameter and the nucleus area/cell area ratio (N/C ratio) of cells from peripheral blood and spleen of ayu, Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis.

Cell type	Collected part	No. Measured	Cell area (µm2)	Nucleus area (µm2)	Cell diam. (µm)	Nucleus diam.(µm)	N/Cratio
			Range	Range	Range	Range	Range
			Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Aa	Caudal veina)	29	17 ∼ 28	12 ∼ 18	5 ∼ 7	4 ∼ 6	0.55 ∼ 0.81
			22 ± 4	14 ± 2	6 ± 1	5 ± 1	0.68 ± 0.09
Ab	Caudal veina)	34	22 ∼ 34	14 ∼ 19	6 ∼ 10	5 ∼ 8	0.53 ∼ 0.66
			27 ± 3	16 ± 2	8 ± 1	7 ± 1	0.60 ± 0.04
A1	Caudal vein	85	8 ∼ 22	4 ∼ 14	4 ∼ 6	3 ∼ 5	0.54 ∼ 0.85
			13 ± 3	9 ± 2	5 ± 0.6	4 ± 0.5	0.68 ± 0.07
A2	Caudal vein	770	16 ∼ 59	9 ∼ 32	5 ∼ 10	4 ∼ 8	0.35 ∼ 0.78
			35 ± 9	18 ± 4	8 ± 1	6 ± 1	0.52 ± 0.10
B1	Caudal vein	79	22 ∼ 77	14 ∼ 40	6 ∼ 12	5 ∼ 10	0.37 ∼ 0.83
			44 ± 11	23 ± 5	9 ± 1	7 ± 1	0.54 ± 0.09
B2	Caudal vein	54	71 ∼ 118	27 ∼ 43	11 ∼ 17	7 ∼ 12	0.25 ∼ 0.43
			100 ± 24	34 ± 6	14 ± 2	9 ± 1	0.35 ± 0.09
B3	Caudal vein	11	124 ∼ 147	32 ∼ 47	15 ∼ 19	8 ∼ 11	0.25 ∼ 0.36
			135 ± 8	39 ± 4	17 ± 1	10 ± 1	0.29 ± 0.03
C1	Caudal vein	50	39 ∼ 60	13 ∼ 25	7 ∼ 10	5 ∼ 8	0.27 ∼ 0.56
			51 ± 7	19 ± 3	9 ± 1	7 ± 1	0.38 ± 0.06
C2	Caudal vein	269	60 ∼ 120	9 ∼ 45	10 ∼ 21	5 ∼ 13	0.14 ∼ 0.49
			94 ± 16	28 ± 6	13 ± 2	9 ± 1	0.30 ± 0.05
C3	Caudal vein	62	120 ∼ 201	23 ∼ 48	13 ∼ 22	6 ∼ 13	0.15 ∼ 0.38
			140 ± 15	35 ± 5	16 ± 2	10 ± 1	0.25 ± 0.04
D	Caudal vein	1	109	35	16	10	0.32
E	Caudal vein	1	193	48	21	11	0.25
F	spleen	19	124 ∼ 308	16 ∼ 47	15 ∼ 24	6 ∼ 12	0.09 ∼ 0.21
			216 ± 46	28 ± 8	20 ± 2	9 ± 2	0.13 ± 0.04

a) Smear using Wedge technique.