Independent mosaics of large inner‐ and outer‐stratified ganglion cells in the goldfish retina

Goldfish retinal ganglion cells were filled with horseradish peroxidase and studied in flatmounts. Two regular mosaics of large neurons with many of the properties of mammalian alpha ganglion cells were found, differing from each other in spacing, size, and dendritic stratification. The existence of biplexiform ganglion cells with additional dendrites in the outer plexiform layer was also confirmed.

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