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Record 1 1991-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
DEF

One of the usually concentric ridges on a fish scale, each representing an increment of growth.

OBS

Plural: circuli.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
OBS

Les écailles élasmoides présentent une croissance saisonnière, autrement dit discontinue; les zones de plus forte calcification correspondent aux périodes de suralimentation; inversement, pour les zones de moindre calcification. Ils se constituent alors des anneaux concentriques, ou des stries linéaires et parallèles dont le nombre et la largeur renseignement sur l'âge et le rythme de la croissance du Poisson.

OBS

Pluriel : CIRCULI.

OBS

Terme provenant du Glossaire des Pêches et des Océans, 1991.

Spanish

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