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FISHERY BULLETIN OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 



The masses of eggs, tubules, and connective 

 tissue which are scattered throughout the ovary 

 appear to shrink with the passage of time. An 

 examination of later stages shows that the residual 

 eggs are not arranged entirely haphazardly but 

 are lined up to form indistinct cords (fig. 6). 

 These masses eventually shrink to nondescript 

 particles (fig. 7) before they are finally lost in the 



ovarv. 



OCCURRENCE OF NEMATODES IN THE 

 OVARIES 



While examining the eggs, we observed several 

 ovaries with nematodes, ranging from 0.5 cm. to 

 4 cm. in length. The specimens were in too poor 

 a state of preservation to identify. 



Of 25 ovaries examined for nematodes, 22 

 (88%) were infested. The extent of infestation 

 did not appear to be serious enough to affect the 



Figure 6. — Above: Residual egg mass teased from ovary. Below: Diagram of this mass, outlining the rows of eggs. 



