Figure 9 in Rediscovery and description of Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage, 1879) and a new cryptic Paramormyrops (Mormyridae: Osteoglossiformes) from the Ogooué River of Gabon using morphometrics, DNA sequencing and electrophysiology

Figure 9. Histology of para-sagittal section of paralectotype of P. sphekodes specimen MNHN 1998-1050 (Female, 98.7 mm, SL) shows electrocytes of type NPp (Non-Penetrating stalks with posterior innervation). The specimen, collected from Doumé Falls by Alfred Marche in 1876–1877 and preserved in alcohol, was embedded in plastic, sectioned with a tungsten carbide knife at 7 µm and stained with toluidine blue. E = main body of the electrocyte; anterior = anterior face of electrocyte; post = posterior face of same electrocyte; c = collagen layer separating two electrocytes; S = stalk of electrocyte which is innervated by the axons from the electromotor nerve (not shown); s = stalklets, or small branches from a dividing stalk that eventually fuse with posterior face of the electrocyte. Stalks are innervated on the posterior side of the electrocyte and all branches of the stalk system remain posterior to the main body of the electrocyte without crossing to the opposite or anterior side.