Figure 1 in Histological distinction between immature and regenerating females and its effect on maturity ogive estimation in three tropical hermaphroditic groupers

Figure 1. - Histological sections of ovaries in female Epinephelus morio (a), Mycteroperca bonaci (b) and Mycteroperca microlepis (c) in the regenerating phase (1), immature phase (2) and uncertain maturity phase (3). a1: E. morio, 72 cm FL, collected Jun. 1990; a2: E. morio, 68 cm FL, collected Jun. 1989; a3: E. morio, 51 cm FL, collected Aug. 1989. b1: M. bonaci, 107 cm FL, collected Jul. 1997; b2: M. bonaci, 62 cm FL, collected Oct. 1997; b3: M. bonaci, 65 cm FL, collected Jun. 1998. c1: M. microlepis, 97 cm FL, collected Jul. 1998; c2: M. microlepis, 82 cm FL, collected Aug. 1997; c3: M. microlepis, 89 cm FL, collected Jul. 1998. C, cord; BV, blood vessel; GW, gonad wall; MB, muscle bundle; OL, ovarian lamellae; PG, primary growth oocyte. Gabe and Martoja one-step trichrome stain. Scale bars = 300 microns.