Occurrence of oocytes in the liver of the percoid fish, Trichogaster fasciatus (Bloch and Schneider) and its probable significance.
Out of 500 Trichogaster fasciatus examined in one fish stage I and II oocytes were noticed in the liver and its blood sinuses. Apparently this is the first record of such occurrence. It is highly suggestive of the vascular migration of the germ cells enroute to the genital ridge. Possibly due to unknown reasons some might have been stuck up in the liver which is highly vascular.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply / Q000166:cytology*; D009865:Oocytes; D010063:Ovum