ANNEXES/ANEXOS

Table I – Diagnostic characters and some aspects of the macroscopic and microscopic maturity stages of female gonads based on the applied scale (Walsh et al., 1990)

Tabela I – Caracteres diagnosticantes e alguns aspectos dos estados de maturação macroscópicos e microscópicos das gónadas femininas com base na escala aplicada (Walsh et al., 1990).

Table II – Diagnostic characters and some aspects of the macroscopic and microscopic maturity stages of male gonads based on the applied scale (according to Walsh et al., 1990).

Tabela II – Caracteres diagnosticantes e alguns aspectos dos estados de maturação macroscópicos e microscópicos das gónadas masculinas com base na escala aplicada (segundo Walsh et al., 1990).

Late ripening/ partly spent

Macroscopic:

Testes larger and opaque

Microscopic: Spermatocytes and spermatids in tubules; spermatozoids in cysts

Tabela II – Continuação

Macroscopic: Milt freely running

Microscopic: Spermotozoids in the lumen

Partly spent

Macroscopic: Flaccid, with some sperm remains

Microscopic: Some amount of sperm is still observed

Spent/ Recovering spent

Macroscopic: Empty spaces and no sperm

Microscopic: Thick walls and blank spaces