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Dissected smallmouth bass. Yellow organ is ovary full of eggs. Pale, worm-like tissue is normal pyloric caeca (part of stomach).

Host: 

smallmouth bass

Host tissue: 

Whole animal

Photographer / Illustrator: 

Stephen Atkinson

Image type: 

Regular photograph
Dissected smallmouth bass. Yellow organ is ovary full of eggs.
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