Neuroanatomy of a sex changing fish: the New Zealand spotty wrasse (Notolabrus celidotus) brain atlas

Figures & data

Figure 1. A, Phylogenetic tree showing how the spotty wrasse relates to some of the model fish species (zebrafish, rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon and medaka), and model sex changing species (orange-spotted grouper, clownfish, bluehead wrasse and Ballan wrasse). B, Overview of the spotty wrasse brain pictured from the side. Hyp: Hypothalamus.

Figure 2. Part 1, Representative coronal brain sections of the spotty wrasse, rostral to caudal (A–G).

Figure 2. Part 2, Representative coronal brain sections of the spotty wrasse, rostral to caudal (H–M). See Figure 2 Parts 1 and 3 for images A–G and N–U, respectively.

Figure 2. Part 3, Representative coronal brain sections of the spotty wrasse, rostral to caudal (N–U). See Figure 2 Parts 1 and 2 for images A–G and H–M, respectively.

Figure 3. Correlation between captured spotty wrasse brain size and body length.