-
fishes are
covered with the
cycloid scales of
salmon and carp, or the
ctenoid scales of perch, or the
ganoid scales of
sturgeons and gars. Cartilaginous...
- melanin.
Their scales are not like the
scales of
other fishes; rather, they are
ganoid scales,
which are bone-like, rhomboidal-shaped
scales,
often with...
-
scale development.
Ganoid scales on a
carboniferous fish
Amblypterus striatus Placoid scales on a
lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris)
Cycloid scales...
- distribution. Gars have
elongated bodies that are
heavily armored with
ganoid scales, and
fronted by
similarly elongated jaws
filled with long,
sharp teeth...
- in.
Ganoid scales and
dorsal spines act as
defensive measures for
bichir to
protect themselves from predators.
Ganoid scales are hard, bony
scales that...
- The
three categories of
scales for
Osteichthyes which are
cosmoid scales,
ganoid scales,
teleost scales. The
teleost scales are also then
divided into...
-
about 60 cm (24 in) and is
armored by rows of interlocking,
rhomboidal ganoid scales. The
shortnose gar is an
ambush predator,
feeding mostly on fish, but...
- scutes—modified
ganoid scales—and are
otherwise scaleless. The
tarsometatarsus and toes of most
birds are
covered in two
types of
scales.
Large scutes run...
-
dorsal fin, fulcra, a
large median gular and
numerous branchiostegals,
ganoid scales, and a
valvula cerebelli in the brain. The
following cladogram summarizes...
- They have an
olive brown to green, torpedo-shaped body
armored with
ganoid scales,
elongated jaws that form a needle-like
snout nearly three times the...
