Sex type | Index | Gonadal maturation stage | Histological criterion | Number of samples |
---|---|---|---|---|
Female | F1 | Pre-vitellogenesis | Mostly pre-vitellogenic oocytes | 4 |
F3 | Vitellogenesis | Vitellogenic oocytes more than half of section | 7 | |
F4 | Atretic | Presence of atretic oocytes | 6 | |
Male | M1 | Testis gonia | Mostly gonia | 3 |
M2 | Spermatogenesis | Mostly spermatocytes and spermatids | 2 | |
M3 | Spermiation | Mostly spermatozoa | 6 | |
M4 | Post-spawning | Absence of spermatozoa in testicular lobules | 2 | |
 |  | Total number of samples | 30 |