FEMALE ORGANS OF FISHES. 



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In the Salmon the free surface of the stroma is exposed. In the 

 Osseous Fishes that retain and hatch their ova the stroma does 

 not extend to the posterior part of the ovarian sac, but this 



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Viscera of female Shark, xx. 



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serves as a kind of uterus, and contains an abundant albuminous 

 secretion at the season of the internal incubation. The viviparous 



