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. 2022 May 20;11(5):779. doi: 10.3390/biology11050779

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(A) General view of the spleen (white arrowhead) of molly fish found adjacent to the liver (L) and showing the distribution of melanomacrophage centers (red color) (AB/HX). (B) Higher magnification of the boxed area shows white pulp (white arrowhead), the red pulp (black arrowhead), ellipsoids (E), and melanomacrophage center (MM) (AB/HX). (C) The parenchyma of the spleen of Molly fish consists of white pulp (WP) and red pulp (RP) (PAS/HX). (D) Ellipsoids (black arrowheads) and melanomacrophage center (white arrowheads) (HE). (E,F) Ellipsoids (white arrowheads) are the termination of splenic arterioles. Note a large blood vessel (BV) (Crossmon’s trichrome).