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Fig. 3

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

Fig. 3

Histological characteristics of the lateral and ventral body skin of Moringua raitaborua, stained with Hematoxylin and Eosin (A and C), Masson’s trichrome (B and D). A and B, the lateral body consisting of the epidermis (ED) with stratified polygonal cells (SPC), club cells (CC), two types of mucous cells (MCI and MCII), stratified cuboidal cells (SCC) and the dermis (DM) with blood capillaries (yellow asterisk); C and D, the ventral body consisting of ED with SPC, CC, MCII, SCC and DM with blood capillaries. All bars indicate 50 μm

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