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

Figure 7

Pyloric caeca of S. fuscus. (A) Insertion of caeca (a) in bolsa serosa (b) common to pyloric stomach (c), conjunctive of serosa originating the lamina propria of caeca (arrow); (B) pyloric caeca with mucosa containing numerous folds; (C) caeca with simple cylindrical epithelium showing goblet and absorptive cells (arrow) and lamina propria (d) supported on fine muscle layer (e); (D) cecal fold with epithelium (f) nonglandular lamina propria (g) and goblet cells (arrow).