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SQUALENE is commonly associated with liver oils obtained from certain elasmobranchs1–6. It is only occasionally reported in trace quantities in the fats (body and liver) of teleost species. The saturated hydrocarbon pristane is usually found in trace amounts in teleosts and in other life forms1,7–12.
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ACKMAN, R., ADDISON, R. & EATON, C. Unusual Occurrence of Squalene in a Fish, the Eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus. Nature 220, 1033–1034 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2201033a0
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