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Figure 5. — Photomicrographs of transverse sections of (A) Stage 2 and (B) Stage 3 mature queenfish ovaries. Hyaline (hydrated) 

 oocytes are still in their follicles in (B). Key for plate: hy.o. - hyaline oocyte; 1, 2 - Type 1 or Type 2 developing oocyte; 3 - Type 3 

 developing oocyte; ovw. - ovarian wall. [See Goldberg (1976) for definitions and histological criteria distinguishing the stages of oocyte 

 development in queenfish.] 



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