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IT has often been stated that the outermost layers of the teleost epidermis are keratinized1–4. Young5 says that, in the trout, “…the squamous epithelium of the epidermis provides the animal with a covering of keratin…”.
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BURGESS, G. Absence of Keratin in Teleost Epidermis. Nature 178, 93–94 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178093b0
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