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Figure 2 
Photomicrographs of histological sections of gag with heavy ventral pigmenta- 
tion: (A) ovarian tissue from an 858-mm-TL female caught in February 1993; (B) 
tissue from a 985-mm-TL possible early transitional male caught in February 
1991; (C) tissue from a 1120-mm-TL possible early transitional male caught in 
April 1994; (D) testicular tissue with remnant oocytes from a 1143-mm-TL male 
caught in December 1992; PG = primary growth oocyte; CA = cortical alveolar 
oocyte; V = early vitellogenic oocyte, EHO = early hydrated oocyte (with coalesc- 
ing yolk globules); PPS = possible primary spermatocytes; PS = primary sperma- 
tocytes; SS = secondary spermatocytes; MS = mature spermatids; and RO = rem- 
nant oocyte. Magnification was 132x for A and 264x for B-D. 
Spawning mainly occurred from February through 
April 1991-94, but some evidence of spawning also 
occurred in December, January, May, June, and July. 
A total of 173 stage-4 and stage-5 ovaries were found 
during February, March, and April {n- 895). No hy- 
drated ovaries and only one ovary with POFs were 
found during December {n= 58) and during January 
{n- 77). Only one hydrated ovary, one ovary with hy- 
