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From: Histology and morphometry of the skin of purple spaghetti-eel Moringua raitaborua (Anguilliformes, Moringuidae)

Fig. 2

Histological characteristics of the operculum and dorsal body skin of Moringua raitaborua, stained with Hematoxylin and Eosin (A and C), Masson’s trichrome (B and D). A and B, the operculum consisting of the epidermis (ED) having the outermost surface layer with stratified polygonal cells (SPC), the stratum spinosum with club cells (CC), two types of mucous cells (MCI and MCII), and the stratum germinativum (SG) with stratified cuboidal cells (SCC), the dermis (DM) having the stratum laxum (SL) with blood capillaries (yellow asterisk) and the stratum compactum (SC); C and D, the dorsal body having ED with SPCs, CCs, MCI, MCII, SCCs and DM having SL with abundant blood capillaries. All bars indicate 50 μm

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