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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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Dorsal scales — on a banded krait, Bungarus fasciatus. In snakes, the dorsal scales are the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, but do not include the ventral scales.[1] When counting dorsal scales, numbers are often given for three points… … Wikipedia
scale formula — scale counts are sometimes presented in the form of a formula. The number of scales above the lateral line is given above as the numerator, the number below the lateral line as the denominator under the line; before and after this fraction are… … Dictionary of ichthyology
scale — 1) a small, stiff, typically plate like body in the skin of fishes, serving to protect, colour, and support the body. May be modified into spines, tubercles, bony plates, an exoskeleton, reduced or even lost. Phylogenetically absent in Amphioxi… … Dictionary of ichthyology
scale worm — ▪ annelid any member of the superfamily Aphroditoidea (class Polychaeta, phylum Annelida), a group of widely distributed free moving, segmented marine worms that possess dorsal scales. Scale worms range in size from 0.5 to 25 cm (about 0.2… … Universalium
scale carp — noun : a normally scaled variety of the common carp compare leather carp, mirror carp * * * scale carp, any fish of a variety of carp, covered evenly with scales, having a long dorsal fin and growing up to four feet in length … Useful english dictionary
dorsal field — the uppermost area on a fish scale, between the anterior and posterior fields. Also called lateral field … Dictionary of ichthyology
Small-scale whiting — Taxobox name = Small scale whiting status = LC image width = 240px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes subordo = Percoidei superfamilia = Percoidea familia = Sillaginidae genus = Sillago … Wikipedia
Large-scale whiting — Taxobox name = Large scale whiting status = LC image width = 240 px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes subordo = Percoidei superfamilia = Percoidea familia = Sillaginidae genus = Sillago species = S.… … Wikipedia
Fish scale — For other uses, see Fish scale (disambiguation). The cycloid scales of a common roach (Rutilus rutilus). The row of lateral line scales is visible in the lower half of the image. The skin of most bony and cartilaginous fishes are covered by… … Wikipedia
Big-scale pomfret — Taxobox name = Big scale pomfret regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Bramidae genus = Taractichthys species = T. longipinnis binomial = Taractichthys longipinnis binomial authority = Lowe,… … Wikipedia
