Llpomas are noted less frequently in fish than in some other anlmal groups and the one described here, occuring in a striped mullet Mugil cephalus in Egypt, is the flrst report of a fat tumor in this species.The tumor was a wellcircumscribed, non-invasive, hypodermal mass of mature disorganized fat tissue containing a minimum of supporting stroma.The etiology of the tumor is unknown.
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