Figure 3 in Confirmation of functional hermaphroditism in six grouper species (Epinephelidae: Epinephelinae) from the Gulf of Mexico

Figure 3. - Histological sections of gonads of Mycteroperca microlepis individual (85.0 cm FL), collected May 1996 in offshore waters of the Campeche Bank (Gabe and Martoja's one-step trichrome stain). Individual most likely male, showing remnant of the former ovarian lumen, numerous crypts of spermatogonia, and some muscle bundles and remnant primary growth oocytes. L: lumen; MB: muscle bundle; PG: primary growth oocyte; Sg: spermatogonia. Scale bar = 50 µm.