Fig.4. Patterns of the corneal coloration in Irish lord, Hemilepidotus gilberti at dark adapted (a), semi-adapted (b) and light adapted (c) conditions. All slides show the dorsal part of the cornea. Scale bar = 500 mkm.

  1. Almost all pigment is located in cell bodies and adjacent parts of processes;
  2. Pigment moves to distal expanded ends of the processes;
  3. All pigment is located in the end expansions of cell processes, no pigmented parts of processes are visible.
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