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Spinules are
small spines or
thorns (vertebral columns) that are part of
biological and
manmade structures. The word
originates from the
Latin word spinula...
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present only in females. Some
species have a
scattering of
epidermal spinules on the body, and the
scales (when present) are conical, hollow, and translucent...
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Frogfishes are small,
short and stocky, and
sometimes covered in
spinules and
other appendages to aid in camouflage. The
camouflage aids in protection...
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between the
frontal bones on the
snout and the skin has a
dense covering of
spinules.
There are two or
three caruncles, the
warty glands formed from the front...
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small size. The
dermal spinules may or may not be
present on
species of the
genus Histiophryne. If the
spinules are present, they are very small...
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allusion to the feel of the carapace,
especially where the
scales have a
spinule at
their centre.
Ostracion trachys has 9 soft rays in both the
dorsal and...
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prickly skin of females. The
specific name,
spinulosa means "bearing
minute spinules", also a
reference to the
spink skin of females. The
horned lantern fish...
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family Liparidae (snailfish). The
specific name is from
Latin acicula ("
spinule") and
punctatus ("dotted").
Careproctus aciculipunctatus is
maximum 21 cm...
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snout and the
illicial trough is shallow,
rather than deep, and the
spinules on the skin are much smaller. B.
wedli differs from its
congeners in that...
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small teeth. The
illicium has a
distinct esca, or lure, and if
there are
spinule these are
either at the base or
along the
front edge. The
third dorsal...
