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Fig. 2

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

Fig. 2

SEM photomicrographs of the dorsal skin of the juvenile starry puffer fish showing: (a, b) Epidermal surface characterized by the presence of delicate irregular-shaped protrusions with depressed centers (arrowheads), and a row of slightly buried superficial sensory cells (short arrows). c Each sensory cell was characterized by the presence of several pores (arrow). d, e High magnification of the epidermal surface between protrusions. Note the deep epithelial cells (keratinocytes) with compact, extensive, and erratically arranged microridges (arrowheads), and mucous cell openings laden with mucus secretions (short arrows)

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