F I G U R E A 2 in Reproductive biology of the electric lanternfish Electrona risso (Myctophidae) and the bigscale fishes Melamphaes polylepis and Scopelogadus mizolepis (Melamphaidae)

F I G U R E A 2 Scopelogadus mizolepis ovarian development. Reproductive phases based on Table 1. Macroscopic development of female gonads (left panels) and histological cross-sections of ovaries (right panels). CA, cortical alveoli oocyte; GVM, germinal vesicle migration oocyte; nu, nucleus; PG, primary growth oocyte; Vtg1–3, primary to tertiary vitellogenic oocyte; yg, yolk granules; yv, yolk vesicle. Photography by A. Knorrn.