Morphohistology of the Digestive Tract of the Damsel Fish Stegastes fuscus (Osteichthyes: Pomacentridae)

Figure 8

Intestine of S. fuscus. (A) Anterior intestinal mucosa, with ramified folds (a); (B) intestinal fold constituted by a simple cylindrical epithelium with goblet and absorptive cells (b) and lamina propria of conjunctive; (C) posterior intestine with mucosa showing short intestinal folds and (D) intestinal folds situated above the thick muscles.