Vol11 No3 July 2012
Ultrastructure of the chorion and the micropyle of an endemic cyprinid fish, Cyprinion tenuiradius
Description: Ultrastructure of the chorion and the micropyle of an endemic cyprinid fish, Cyprinion tenuiradius
Abstract: 
The scanning electron microscope was used to investigate the ultrastructures of the egg membrane surface (unfertilized egg) of an endemic cyprinid fish, Cyprinion tenuiradius Heckel, 1849. The eggs of this species were almost circular in shape, had a smooth surface and one type II micropyle consisting of the flat pit and a long canal in the animal polar region. The micropyle region was not flat, micropyle was circular or oval in shape and the micropyle canal was located in its center. Round or oval accessory pores were also observed in the pit around of the micropylar canal. The surface of zona radiata was smooth with a uniform distribution of almost round pores with lips.

Sunday 10 May 2015
Author: Esmaeili H. R.*; Gholamifard A.
KeyWord: Morphology, Fertilization, Cyprinion tenuiradius, Micropyle, Accessory openings
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