(a) Scanning electron microscope micrograph of a median section of a zebrafish head. Well-developed lips (asterisks), semilunar valve (arrow), taste buds (arrowheads), mucosal folds (#), muscular tissue (MT). (b) Light micrograph (Masson’s trichrome with aniline blue staining): taste buds (inset), semilunar valve (black arrow). Stratified epithelium (E); connective tissue (ct); mucous cells (stars); adipocytes (A); bone (BT); cartilage (C); muscular tissue (MT). (c) High magnification of taste buds (arrowheads) of inset in image. Scale bar: 1 mm (a). Magnification 10×, scale bar 100 µm (b). Magnification 63× oil, scale bar 10 µm (c).