Fishes - Australian Museum Fish Site

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Dissection of an Eastern Blue-spotted Flathead

9. Internal examination - the gonads and kidneys

The two long pale organs are the testes... the fish is a male.

The deep red strips of tissue either side of the backbone are the kidneys.

More information about gonads and the kidneys.

gonads and kidneys
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