“…Furthermore, the nomenclature and terminology used for identifying the ovarian developmental stages/maturational phases in teleost fishes by various authors are overlapping, and thus remain indistinct and confusing (Agarwal et al ., 2004; Agarwal & Singh, 1991; Arafat & Bakhtiyar, 2022; Arif et al ., 2019; Bisht & Joshi, 1975; Ciji et al ., 2021; FAROOQ et al ., 2018; Farooq et al ., 2019; Hliwa et al ., 2017; Hussain et al ., 2018; Jan & Ahmed, 2019; Joshi et al ., 2016; Malhotra, 1970; Manorama & Ramanujam, 2017; Pasha et al ., 2016; Qadri et al ., 2019; Sabha et al ., 2017; Shrestha & Khanna, 1979; Singh et al ., 2016; Sivakumaran et al ., 2003; Sunder, 1984). The authors of this study have recently reported the seasonal testicular development in male S. plagiostomus (Purohit et al ., 2022). The primary objective of this current study was to determine seasonal histological changes in the ovarian structure with respective oogenic output during annual ovarian cycle of adult female S. plagiostomus .…”