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IMBRICATE SCALE [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Zoology
CONT

The front end of the scales of most bony fish is embedded in the skin, with a free posterior and exposed edges overlapping the next scale. Unlike placoid scales, these overlapping or imbricate scales are not replaced when lost, except in some cases of lesions...

OBS

imbricate: Lying lapped over each other in regular order.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Zoologie
CONT

Les écailles imbriquées qualifient des écailles qui se chevauchent de manière à ce que l'extrémité de la première écaille cache la base de la seconde, et ainsi de suite. [...] Chez les poissons, les écailles imbriquées sont surtout du type placoïde, mais aussi élasmoïdes (cycloïdes et cténoïdes); en revanche, le cas est très rare (probablement absent) avec des écailles ganoïdes.

Spanish

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