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CTENOID SCALE [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
DEF

Fish-scale with one edge toothed like a comb; it is found chiefly in the spiny-rayed fish (acanthopterygii).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
CONT

L'écaille cténoïde [...] est extrêmement mince et souple; elle rappelle un peigne par sa forme, les lignes de croissance se montrant sur son bord libre. La ganoïne a disparu et les écailles, enfoncées dans des pochettes du derme, se chevauchent partiellement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Peces
DEF

Escama de los peces acantopterigios, de estructura análoga a la cicloidea, pero que presenta el borde anterior dentado.

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