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Fig. 4

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

Fig. 4

SEM photomicrographs of the dorsal skin of the juvenile starry puffer fish showing: (a, b) Some rectangular, square-shaped protrusions were observed on the epidermal surface. c High magnification of the edges of rectangular-like protrusions of the epidermis. Note variable sizes of the mucous cell openings (arrowheads), and adjacent superficial epithelial cells were demarcated from each other by low borders like ridges (short arrows). d, e Some superficial epithelial cells revealed indistinct outlines with ill-defined and interrupted microridges (short arrows)

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