A coating of mucus that is produced by the skin and covers all or most of the body of an animal. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
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The epidermal mucus of fish regulates swimming speed by controlling the hydrodynamic resistance of the skin surface. The mucus is also presumed to serve as a defence against pathogenic organisms and is intimately associated with osmoregulation.