Fig. 2 in Induced spawning and reproductive variables of the catfish Lophiosilurus alexandri Steindachner, 1876 (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae)

Fig. 2. Macro and microscopic morphology of the ovaries (a-b) and testis (c-d) mature of the Lophiosilurus alexandri. (a) The mature ovaries were bulky, highly vascularized, yellowish and presenting large vitellogenic oocytes. (b) Histological section of the vitellogenic oocyte characterized by the presence of acidophilic yolk globules (Y) throughout the ooplasm and nucleus (N) migrating toward the animal pole. (c) Mature testis (arrow) are whitish, turgids, vascularized and with well developed fringes (Insert showing fringes). (d) Mature testis showing seminiferous tubules (ST) filled by spermatozoa (SPZ). (a, c and insert) bars 1cm; (b and d) stained with hemotoxylin-eosin and bars 100 μm.