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Structure and Histochemistry of the Skin of a Flat-headed Goby, Luciogobius guttatus (Gobiidae, Pisces) from Korea  

Park, Jong-Young (Faculty of Biological Sciences and Institute for Biodiversity Research, Chonbuk National University)
Lee, Yong-Joo (Jeonju National University of Education)
Kim, Ik-Soo (Faculty of Biological Sciences and Institute for Biodiversity Research, Chonbuk National University)
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Korean Journal of Ichthyology / v.19, no.2, 2007 , pp. 120-127 More about this Journal
Abstract
To investigate the skin of the flat-headed goby, Luciogobius guttatus, it was used 8 body regions such as the head, the upper and lower jaw, the chin, the back, lateral region, abdomen, and the operculum. The epidermis consisted of three layers: the outermost layer, middle layer and stratum germinativum (basal layer). The outermost layer consisted of rather flattened cells arranged in 1 to 4 layers and mucous cells. The middle layer consisted of large epidermal cells occupying the height of the epidermis with 1 to 10 layers, causing a web-shaped structure. Due to the large epidermal cells of the middle layer, L. guttaus had a thick epidermis. The large epidermal cell contains tonofilaments, lucent contents, and desmosome. The basal layer was comprised of a single layer having cuboidal cells. A large number of fine blood capillaries were found just under the basal layer. The dermis consisted mostly of stratum compactum with numerous blood capillaries but had no scale.
Keywords
epidermis; mucous cell; swollen cell; intertidal fish; Luciogobius guttatus;
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