Figure 3. A transverse section of a whole smelt eye showing the cornea (c), lens (l), neural retina (nr), and rete mirabile (rm). The arrows indicate the junction between the rete mirabile and the choriocapillaris. Hematoxylin and Eosin, 50×. The composite image was created using tiling of multiple frames to capture the entire globe at a high resolution. The scale bar in the lower right corner of the figure represents 400 μm.