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Fig. 16

From: Histological and ultrastructural characterization of the dorso-ventral skin of the juvenile and the adult starry puffer fish (Arothron stellatus, Anonymous 1798)

Fig. 16

Histological micrographs of the dorsal surface skin of the adult starry puffer fish showing: Distribution of the collagen fibers (yellow arrowheads), epidermis (Ep), basement membrane (BM), taste bud (TB), dermis (De) with stratum laxum (SL) and stratum compactum (SC), club cell (red arrowheads), mucous cell (black arrowheads), pit organ (PT), bony plate (BP), chromatophores (Cr), and blood vessels (BV). Masson's trichrome stain. Magnifications are X20 (a), X40 (d), X100 (b, e, f), and X400 (c)

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