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Senin, 2026-06-08 10:24:10bony fishes are covered with the cycloid scales of salmon and carp, the ctenoid scales of perch, or the ganoid scales of sturgeons and gars. Cartilaginous...
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Jumat, 2026-05-15 16:35:02scales are then divided into two subgroups which are cycloid scales and ctenoid scales. All of these scales have a base of bone that they all originate...
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Minggu, 2026-01-11 08:24:11Homoiostelea (solutes), the Homostelea (cinctans), and the Ctenocystoidea (ctenoid-bearing homalozoans). They have recently been recognised as a polyphyletic...
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Minggu, 2026-02-01 13:43:54a single dorsal fin and body covered in small scales that are known as ctenoid scales. Knifejaws are typically distributed in the Indian and Western Pacific...
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Rabu, 2026-05-13 03:37:05the family Percidae. Another physical characteristic of saugers is their ctenoid scales, which are common in advanced fishes. Saugers have a fusiform body...
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Selasa, 2026-03-24 06:19:48idol. Members of this suborder have a compressed body covered with small ctenoid scales. The name for the suborder comes from that of the surgeonfish (Acanthuridae)...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 11:10:37and the caudal fin shows slight emargination. The scales are large and ctenoid in form, and the lateral line numbers 22-30 scales. The body and fins are...
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Selasa, 2026-05-12 23:26:58grotesque, grotto cten- comb Greek κτείς, κτενός (kteís, ktenós) ctenidium, ctenoid, Ctenophora cub- cube Greek κύβος (kúbos) cubic, cuboctahedron, cuboid...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 19:33:36slender, compressed body covered in small, silvery deciduous cycloid scales (ctenoid in four species), a large bluntly rounded head, large elliptical to round...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 19:45:05the caudal fin are coloured whitish or greyish. The body is coated in ctenoid scales apart from the scales in front of the anterior dorsal fin which...
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Senin, 2026-02-16 10:06:42However, re-analyses of these scales suggests that they are not true ctenoid scales, and instead resemble those of certain extinct non-teleostean fishes...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 07:20:30and a serrated flap above the origin of the lateral line. Its scales are ctenoid. In cross section, the fish is compressed and the dorsal head profile clearly...
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Jumat, 2026-06-05 07:16:24ctenocystoids had a ctenoid apparatus, a comb-like arrangement of movable plates at the anterior end of the animal. Beneath the ctenoid apparatus was a mouth...
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Rabu, 2026-01-28 23:25:08one-third of the length of the fish. White crappies have spinous rays and ctenoid fish scales found in advanced teleosts. The exposed part of the scale has...
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Senin, 2026-06-08 19:07:46which allows for fast swimming in the water. True perch have "rough" or ctenoid scales. Perch have paired pectoral and pelvic fins, and two dorsal fins...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 07:02:09but most of the species in the family are much smaller. Their scales are ctenoid and their bodies are normally somewhat elongate. The following classification...
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Rabu, 2026-05-06 11:09:22unusually far forward under the chin or under the belly. Scales are usually ctenoid (rough to the touch), although sometimes they are cycloid (smooth to the...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 07:09:31making them powerful swimmers. The coloration of the smallmouth bass's ctenoid scales range from golden-olive to dark brown dorsally which fades to a...
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Sabtu, 2026-05-02 07:51:27lower jaw has 3 to 5 rows of teeth with no front canines. The scales are ctenoid. The dorsal fins are continuous with the rays of the soft dorsal fin being...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 07:17:36and may also play a role in defense. Acanthomorphs have developed spiny ctenoid scales (as opposed to the cycloid scales of other groups), tooth-bearing...
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Selasa, 2026-04-21 07:03:46scales: placoid, cosmoid, ganoid, ctenoid and cycloid. The majority of kosher fish exhibit the latter two forms, ctenoid or cycloid, but the bowfin (Amia...
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Selasa, 2026-05-19 03:52:09species it may not be attached. If scales are present, they are typically ctenoid. They normally have a single dorsal fin, which is frequently incised. The...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 07:02:13are typically smooth, cycloid, or slightly rough to the touch, weakly ctenoid, The lateral line is single and continuous and reached the base of the...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 06:45:40all prior marine vertebrates (i.e. a skeleton, paired fins, cycloid or ctenoid scales, covered gills, homocercal tails, protrusible jaws, etc...) The...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 19:35:52to seven procurrent spines on each lobe. The scales of slimeheads are ctenoid, but vary interspecifically; they range from deciduous to adherent. In...
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Minggu, 2026-02-08 01:55:51and are most common on fish with soft fin rays, such as salmon and carp. Ctenoid scales have a toothed outer edge, and are usually found on fish with spiny...
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Jumat, 2026-05-29 00:20:34characterized by their deep, flattened bodies. They have a terminal mouth, ctenoid scales, and a lateral line that is arched upward anteriorly. The bluegill...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 00:54:23"outer coat" or a "coat of mail", and notos, meaning back, referring to the ctenoid scales on its upper body which give it a rough feeling. The specific name...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 09:23:35caudal fin. The pelvic fins are located on the thorax. The fine scales are ctenoid and cover the body, the bases of dorsal and anal fins and head, apart from...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 03:29:25Ctenosciaena is a combination of cteno, from ctenoid and Sciaena as Sciaena dubia seemed to have ctenoid scales, most of which had fallen off the type...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 10:35:18body tapering toward the terminal mouth. The body is covered in small ctenoid scales extending to the two rows of cheek scales and head. The first dorsal...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 19:41:53not overlap and an inner row of similar but much smaller teeth. It has ctenoid scales which cover much of the body and it has a continuous lateral line...
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Sabtu, 2026-04-25 04:39:56forbids sturgeon, as they have ganoid scales instead of the permitted ctenoid and cycloid scales. While all Orthodox groups forbid the consumption of...
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Jumat, 2025-05-16 21:05:42distinguishing characteristics include a serrated operculum, a forked caudal fin, ctenoid scales, and silvery coloration. Wiper are predominantly piscivorous, preferring...
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Jumat, 2025-12-19 19:00:48cycloid scale; 2. ctenoid scale; 3. placcoid scale; 4. ganoid scale Cycloid scale Fish scales: A. ganoid; B. cycloid; C. ctenoid The lateral line is...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 09:24:19fins are short and the caudal fin is truncate> the body is covered in ctenoid scales apart from around the eyes where there are cycloid scales. The inner...
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Selasa, 2026-06-02 04:58:32classification that divided fish into four groups (ganoids, placoids, cycloids, and ctenoids), based on the nature of the scales and other dermal appendages. That did...
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Senin, 2026-06-08 14:00:35are also well-developed and numerous. The visible scales of the body are ctenoid, whereas the scales of the top of the head are cycloid. Kissing gourami...
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Senin, 2026-04-13 16:00:15is, a fish that eats the scales of other fish. Scales of varying types (ctenoid and cycloid) have been found in the stomach contents of examined specimens...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 08:54:55caudal fin is rounded or straight on its rear edge. Most of the scales are ctenoid but there are cycloid scales on the head. The lateral line scales extend...
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Minggu, 2026-06-07 21:27:54chicer, syncing /ts/ letovicite word initial before ⟨n, t⟩ ∅ cnidarian, ctenoid elsewhere /k/ cat, cross, predict, opuscule, picture /s/ facade, muscle...
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Jumat, 2026-06-05 17:58:40⟨ct⟩ is used in English for /t/ in a few words of Greek origin, such as ctenoid. When not initial, it represents /kt/, as in act. Is used in Portuguese...
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Senin, 2026-06-08 05:03:26opercle to the beginning of the tail) is twenty-seven scales. The scales are ctenoid, or toothed, on the outer margin. The Devils Hole pupfish consumes a variety...
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Jumat, 2026-05-08 18:21:04there are no teeth on the roof of the mouth. The body is covered in finely ctenoid and there is a continuous, smoothly curved lateral line. The dorsal fin...
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Kamis, 2026-04-23 08:16:30relatively long and contains 14 rays. The scales are small and strongly ctenoid in shape, numbering 47-56 rows transversely and 100-112 rows longitudinally...
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Rabu, 2026-05-06 02:08:13to as "combtooth blennies" because they have ctenoid scales. These are overlapping fish scales. Ctenoid scales are similar to cycloid scales which are...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 19:29:12typify sweepers, their form somewhat like hatchetfish; both cycloid and ctenoid scales may be present. The small, short dorsal fin begins before the body's...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 03:58:58the first anal fin ray, and 7 to 13 soft rays. They have large scales, ctenoid on the body and cycloid on the head. The lateral line reaches to the middle...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 10:49:43no teeth on the roof of the mouth. The head and fins are covered with ctenoid scales. Specimens commonly weigh from 3 to 10 pounds (1.4 to 4.5 kg), although...
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Senin, 2026-01-19 09:35:45or thoracically and may be connected to the pleural rib by a ligament. Ctenoid scales may be present but this is rare within this grouping. The testes...
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Minggu, 2026-05-17 22:34:29pectoral fins are shorter than the pelvic fins and the caudal fin is rounded. Ctenoid scales cover the body, including the base of the dorsal and anal fins,...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 07:30:31They have between one and five lateral lines and may have cycloid or ctenoid scales. There is a single dorsal fin which is notched and contains between...
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Rabu, 2026-05-20 11:32:58conical teeth in the jaws. The body is largely covered in ctenoid scales with non-ctenoid scales present on cheeks, gills and on the top of head behind...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 07:25:11blue-green in color on its back and sides with yellow-flecked bony-ridged (ctenoid) scales, as well as yellow coloration on the ventral sides. The gill covers...
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Senin, 2025-10-06 09:15:32barbel which is perforated by a pore at its tip. Its scales are mainly ctenoid in form except for those on the breast, snout and sub-orbital region, where...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 01:12:59and along the sides of the jaws. The scales are mainly ctenoid, although there are non-ctenoid scales typically in the underside and on the back near...
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Rabu, 2026-04-01 23:48:08fins are large and shaped like fans. The head and body are covered in ctenoid scales except for the front of the head. This species attains a maximum...
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Rabu, 2026-02-04 09:33:16The eyed side is covered in small ctenoid scales while the blind side has cycloid scales, the many small ctenoid scales feel downy to the touch. The...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 04:41:23have 800 fine teeth. Their bodies are rough to the touch because of their ctenoid scales. Like most perches, the yellow perch has two separate dorsal fins...
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Minggu, 2024-11-10 19:25:17According to the U.S. Forest Service, it "is characterized by having strongly ctenoid scales, larger eyes, perforated lacrymals, and a moderate number of vertebrae"...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 01:27:03color of the body is grey, with flashes of gold and silver. The scales are ctenoid on the nape and the flanks while the head scales are cycloid. The anal...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 09:22:40anal fin ray, and 7 to 9, normally 8, soft rays. They have large scales, ctenoid on the body and cycloid on the head. The lateral line reaches to the middle...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 00:08:12being quite thin, and seven or eight soft rays. The scales of the body are ctenoid while those on the head are cycloid, and there are thick coverings of scales...
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Minggu, 2026-05-17 23:17:54towards the margin. The scales along the flanks around the lateral line are ctenoid. Mycteroperca are found in coral reefs and over rocky bottoms at depths...
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Jumat, 2026-02-13 18:25:27straight edges or sometimes shows a slight s-shape. Most of its scales are ctenoid, except for those on the snout and around the eye, which are cycloid. The...
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Senin, 2025-10-06 12:24:26followed by 17 soft rays. Like all smelt-whitings, its body is covered in ctenoid scales, with a lateral line scale count of 66, while the cheek has three...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 03:17:05the scales on the body are firmly attached to the skin. The scales are ctenoid and their width is greater than the length. The colour is pink or dusky...
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Sabtu, 2026-05-30 16:43:00is rounded in juveniles and truncate to weakly emarginate adults. Small ctenoid scales cover the body. The body is greenish-brown to silvery with many...
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Rabu, 2026-06-03 17:13:40black; the mouth itself is large and strongly oblique. The scales are ctenoid and adherent. The lateral line is uninterrupted, with 28 to 32 scales whose...
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Minggu, 2026-06-07 14:45:52shape but which are tiny. Much of the body is covered in moderately small ctenoid scales and there is an arched lateral line, made up of 48–51 pored scales...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 11:06:41creating something like a bony plate with radial striations within the mouth. Ctenoid scales cover most of the body apart from the snout. The dorsal fin is continuous...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 07:42:56rays. Their bodies are covered in ctenoid scales, with the exception of the cheek which may have cycloid or ctenoid scales. There is a wide variation...
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Minggu, 2025-12-28 23:02:44of the sides of the body, which in Saxatilia consists predominantly of ctenoid scales, whereas in Hemeraia it is mainly cycloid scales. In contrast to...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 07:36:15The caudal fin is truncate, sometimes slightly notched. They have large ctenoid scales, except for those beneath the eye and on the lower head which are...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 03:14:29The interorbital concave and is relatively deep. There is a covering of ctenoid scales except for a wide scaleless area above the lateral line which extends...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 15:59:27and introgression between these two species. Northern sunfish have 34–38 ctenoid scales along their lateral line. The pectoral fin of this species is much...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 07:58:44contains 2 spines and between 8 and 8 soft rays. The body is covered in ctenoid scales and the lateral line extends to the centre of the caudal fin. The...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 07:18:26are no spines on the preoperculum or operculum. Any scales are usually ctenoid although the spinules may be reduced or absent. They have between 1 and...
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Senin, 2025-09-29 20:25:33caught. The Argentine seabass has a deep, compressed body and is covered in ctenoid scales, which are typical in teleost fishes. The dorsal profile is evenly...
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Minggu, 2026-05-17 22:02:58single pair of nostrils. The scales vary from weakly ctenoid, nearly smooth, to strongly ctenoid. There are sensory pores on the upper head of head and...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 06:46:48Ukraine, and North Caucasus, Russia) Caproidae are characterised by small ctenoid scales covering the body. They have between 7 and 9 spines in the dorsal...
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Minggu, 2025-12-28 23:28:39the genital papilla. On the sides of the body, the areas covered with ctenoid scales are smaller than in other pike cichlids. Instead, the regions covered...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 14:00:47scale bears tiny tooth-like projections (cteni) – ctenoid scales. This species has 32–38 of these ctenoid lateral scales. Their tails, dorsal fins, and other...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 19:03:29and Dascyllus have two on each side). They have small- to medium-sized ctenoid scales. They have one or two rows of teeth, which may be conical or spatulate...
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Minggu, 2026-05-17 22:11:577–8 spines and 13–15 soft rays. It has a lateral line and the scales are ctenoid. The flanks have a scattering of dark spots, the underside is pale, and...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 09:05:15the pectoral fins have between 20 and 28 rays. They body is covered in ctenoid scales and the lateral line curves underneath the anterior dorsal fin to...
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Rabu, 2025-10-08 07:11:46for the lower jaw, snout and over the eyes is covered in small, finely ctenoid scales. The long dorsal fin has a small notch between the higher spiny...
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Rabu, 2026-05-20 08:13:59and 7 to 10 procurrent rays in the lower lobe. The body is covered in ctenoid or smooth scales. Epinephelus groupers are occur mainly on coral or rocky...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 06:59:12it is rounded in juveniles. The head and the body are covered with tiny ctenoid scales and these reach the soft rayed parts of the dorsal and anal fins...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 08:55:27robust and is markedly longer than the third spines. Most of the scales are ctenoid but there are no scales on the space between the eyes. They have moderately...
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Jumat, 2026-02-27 05:53:19than the females. The fish does not have a lateral line, but does have ctenoid scales. Its color varies, but the fish generally has a yellowish-tan to...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 07:14:57to the eastern tropical Pacific. The genus is characterised by having ctenoid scales, a lateral line which shows pored scales towards the head and notched...
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Selasa, 2026-05-19 07:46:23there are teeth on the roof of the mouth. The body is covered on small, ctenoid rough scales which form small polygonal plates which interlock on the throat...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 00:12:55scales to the rear of the eyes. The majority of the body scales are non-ctenoid. The caudal fin ranges from forked in juveniles, emarginate or infrequently...
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Senin, 2026-05-11 16:37:52determination in fishes, where she is credited to have been the first to use ctenoid scales to estimate age. She later worked with Georg Duncker on fish taxonomy...
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Jumat, 2025-01-24 23:16:05single spine and 2 soft rays in the pelvic fin and there are two rows of ctenoid scales along the dorsal fin bases. The body is overall light gray, with...
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Sabtu, 2026-03-14 17:36:55Subdiversion. Retrieved 11 November 2025. McGrouther, Mark. "Cycloid and Ctenoid Scales". Australian Museum. Retrieved 11 November 2025. "Mediterranean...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 21:19:25"small thorn", referring to the reduced number of small spines on the ctenoid scales of the head and body compared to P. mombasae. Pterois paucispinula...
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Rabu, 2025-03-05 03:57:43grotesque, grotto cten- comb Greek κτείς, κτενός (kteís, ktenós) ctenidium, ctenoid, Ctenophora cub- cube Greek κύβος (kúbos) cubic, cuboctahedron, cuboid...
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Selasa, 2026-05-19 07:06:34small tooth patch is present on the tongue. The fish has relatively small ctenoid scales, containing a range of 66 to 73 lateral line scales, 6–9 scales...
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Sabtu, 2026-04-25 04:09:51all the more obvious by fringes of blue or white. Prowfish have small ctenoid scales and a variable coloration; typically, they are bluish-grey to olive...
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Selasa, 2026-03-24 05:49:36has a single weak spine and 7 to 9 soft rays. The scales are small and ctenoid. The largest species in the genus is the California kingcroaker (M. undulatus)...
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Rabu, 2026-03-25 04:04:54body tapering toward the terminal mouth. The body is covered in small ctenoid scales, except for the two rows of cheek scales which are mostly cycloid...
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Selasa, 2026-05-19 09:56:26anal fin containing 10 to 11 soft rays. This species also has very small ctenoid scales and lateral line scales 42 to 51. There is a tall, dorsal spine...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 14:16:39which has a projecting lower jaw. It is covered with moderately large ctenoid scales. It is normally silver in colour, although the upper flanks sometimes...
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Rabu, 2026-05-20 16:30:52being enlarged and recurved. Most of the body is covered in very small ctenoid scales and there is a gently curved lateral line. The dorsal fin continuous...
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Minggu, 2026-03-22 08:26:40plates of bone or leptoid scales. Their particular leptoid scales are ctenoid scales that are similar to the perch's. The trout-perch is found throughout...
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Jumat, 2025-11-21 15:30:53the operculum, cheek, pectoral fins, pelvic fins, and caudal fins are ctenoid in shape. The species has 24 vertebrae. The colour of the fish is possibly...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 13:52:43eye. Maximum recorded length for the species is 20 cm. Highly modified ctenoid scales give the skin a velvety texture. According to FishBase, a variant...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 00:30:41pectoral fin has between 17 and 20 rays. They have 55 to 80 vertical rows of ctenoid scales and their lateral line has tubular scales; the chest, cheek and...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 21:00:04single row at its back. The body is clothed in small, slightly ctenoid and non ctenoid scales with a largely naked head. The lateral lines are rather...
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Minggu, 2026-05-17 22:18:49it has 36 to 37 myomeres (blocks of muscle). The body is covered with ctenoid scales, the head is unarmoured and there is a single spine and 5 fin rays...
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Sabtu, 2025-10-04 05:14:21body tapering toward the terminal mouth. The body is covered in small ctenoid scales extending to the two rows of cheek scales and head. The first dorsal...
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Jumat, 2026-06-05 10:19:40was until Alexandre Cunha Ribeiro found a well-preserved specimen with 'ctenoid scales', which would become the holotype specimen assigned of the new genus...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 00:59:36scorpia, which means "scorpion", the first part is a reference to the ctenoid scales of the type species and the second is derived from Scorpaena the...
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Senin, 2024-09-16 05:26:15Having the edge slightly scalloped. cutaneous Pertaining to the skin. ctenoid scale A rough-edged scale. cycloid scale A smooth-edged scale. deciduous...
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Rabu, 2026-05-20 10:18:53shape to the teeth in the outer row. The fish is largely covered in small ctenoid scales and the lateral line is continuous, has 72-80 scales and arches...
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Senin, 2026-05-11 15:48:22caudal fin. This species possesses gill rakers. The candy basslet possesses ctenoid scales on its entire body except for the lips and a small portion on the...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 09:24:31pelvic fins. The rear margin of the caudal fin is straight. There are ctenoid scales on the body with cycloid scales on the head. the lateral line has...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 04:02:27streamlined fishes with much of their heads and bodies covered in small ctenoid scales which also extend on the base of both the dorsal and anal fin. They...
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Rabu, 2026-04-22 18:05:41as well as sharing a similar dentition. It also shares with them the ctenoid scales that lend a rough texture to the fish when handled. It differs in...
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Senin, 2025-08-04 07:12:19on the head and cheeks. Much of the body and head are covered in rough ctenoid scales. They have 13 long and robust venom bearing spines in the dorsal...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 01:12:55pectoral fins are broad and fan-like, containing 22–26 rays. It has mainly ctenoid scales, with the exception of the underside, snout, and behind the jaw...
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Selasa, 2025-10-28 01:25:16spaced far apart. Unusually among gobies, the scales are cycloid instead of ctenoid; they are always absent from the head, and often from the underside too...
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Rabu, 2026-05-20 12:30:38Koehler did not explain, but it is likely to be a reference to its spiny ctenoid scales. The spiny scorpionfish has a large head and orbit and a maximum...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 08:05:56Their caudal fins vary from emarginate through to forked. They have small ctenoid scales which reach onto the cheeks and upper part of gill covers, and form...
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Senin, 2026-06-08 19:51:55body tapering toward the terminal mouth, with the body covered in small ctenoid scales extending to the cheek and head. The most reliable features for...
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Senin, 2026-03-30 02:22:43wool, and lepis, meaning "scale", referring to the overlapping, almost ctenoid scales of Z. latipinnis. The currently recognized species in this genus...
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Rabu, 2026-05-20 17:50:21large head. The caudal fin is long and pointed in the middle and it has ctenoid scales covering the body all the way until the beginning of the first dorsal...
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Kamis, 2026-02-26 18:57:06half the length of the first ray. The body is covered in relatively large ctenoid scales. The largest species in the genus is the brown meagre (S. umbra)...
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Minggu, 2026-05-17 23:51:26than the length of the snout. The body and head is largely covered with ctenoid scales. The lower jaw may be scaled or unscaled. There is a single lateral...
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Rabu, 2026-03-25 18:58:57irbis bradypodoid bagwyn kulturkreis croquignole eryngo semmel dépaysé ctenoid bamboche lamentabile lotophagi abaisse nocifensor Aeschylean Kierkegaardian...
Click to read more »Diploprion bifasciatum
Senin, 2026-05-18 01:11:07times longer than its depth. Its body is almost all covered with small ctenoid scales. The dorsal fin has a deep incision between its spined and soft...
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Sabtu, 2025-10-04 12:05:19an externally visible lateral line. The plains topminnow has 33 to 37 ctenoid scales in its lateral line. The dorsal fin has 9–12 rays, the anal fin...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 01:47:51The spotbanded scat has a deep, compressed body covered in very small ctenoid scales. They have a steep dorsal profile to the head, a moderately large...
Click to read more »Club-foot whiting
Rabu, 2026-03-25 03:37:35reaching a maximum overall length of 35 cm. The body is covered in small ctenoid scales extending to the cheek and head, which has scales arranged in 3-4...
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Jumat, 2026-04-24 22:59:04line scales and cheek scales positioned in 3-4 rows, all of which are ctenoid. The amount of vertebrae are also diagnostic, having 32 to 34 in total...
Click to read more »Helicolenus percoides
Kamis, 2026-05-21 08:59:11underneath the eye. The body and much of the head are covered in rather small ctenoid scales. The pelvic fins reach beyond anus. The dorsal fin has 12 spines...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 01:38:20it is rounded in juveniles. The head and the body are covered with tiny ctenoid scales and these reach the soft rayed parts of the dorsal and anal fins...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 02:10:20by two spines and seven or eight soft rays. The scales of the body are ctenoid while those on the head are cycloid and there are thick coverings of scales...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 00:18:09single row at its back. The body is clothed in small, slightly ctenoid and non ctenoid scales with a largely naked head. The lateral lines are rather...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 00:11:03In most species there are no scales, although C. giganteus has small ctenoid scales. The mechanosensory canals on the head do not have openings to the...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 08:56:437 soft rays. The caudal fin is pointed. Most of the body is covered in ctenoid scales except for the snout and beneath the eye where they are cycloid...
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Jumat, 2026-06-05 01:57:24caudal fin is pointed. There are cycloid scales on the snout and cheek and ctenoid scales elsewhere. The lateral line scales extend to the tip of the caudal...
Click to read more »Cephalopholis formosa
Kamis, 2026-05-21 10:58:25caudal fin is rounded. The scales on the body, including the abdomen, are ctenoid. The body is dark brown to yellowish brown in color with thin blue stripes...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 08:43:03fins are joined and a frenum is present, The rear part of the body has ctenoid scales, becoming cycloid towards the head but there are no scales on the...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 00:44:53the preoperculum has no spines or serrations. The scales are large and ctenoid. The dorsal and anal fins are not incised and the soft rays are longer...
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Minggu, 2026-05-17 22:54:46and extended by short filaments. The bodies of these fish are covered in ctenoid scales and the scales on the crown extend forwards to the level of the...
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Senin, 2025-10-06 10:05:18and highly forked having 30 rays in total. The body is covered in small ctenoid scales except for part of the chest area which is naked. The species has...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 01:02:07and body, as well as the caudal and pectoral fins are covered in small ctenoid scales. The lateral line is straight and clearly visible. The first dorsal...
Click to read more »Amblygobius sphynx
Rabu, 2024-02-14 04:24:31are equal in height and the caudal fin is rounded. The bost scales are ctenoid while those on the nape, abdomen, and breast are cycloid. The depth of...
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Jumat, 2025-12-05 03:45:21at the angle of the lower rear border. The scales are large and finely ctenoid. The lateral line has 24-26 scales and the one or two scales at the base...
Click to read more »Gvozdarus svetovidovi
Kamis, 2026-05-21 20:39:22inner patch near the jaw joint in the upper jaw. The body is covered in ctenoid scales but the head is naked. The first dorsal fin holds 7 spines, the...
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Selasa, 2026-05-19 07:44:15being enlarged and recurved. Most of the body is covered in very small ctenoid scales and there is a gently curved lateral line. The dorsal fin continuous...
Click to read more »Epinephelus cifuentesi
Minggu, 2025-09-28 19:06:07lateral body shape and truncate caudal fins. Its body is covered with ctenoid scales and has a distinct coloration of pale brown with a greenish sheen...
Click to read more »Northern whiting
Selasa, 2026-03-31 16:29:27line scales and cheek scales positioned in 3–4 rows, all of which are ctenoid. The amount of vertebrae are also diagnostic, having 34 in total. The swim...
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Sabtu, 2026-05-23 01:46:23narrow central teeth with three cusps. The wide lateral teeth show numerous ctenoid (= comblike) cusps. Snails in the family Fasciolariidae are carnivorous...
Click to read more »Johnius carutta
Senin, 2026-05-18 09:24:43tag. The scales on the head and front part of the body are cycloid with ctenoid scales on the rear part of the body. The colour of the body is dull grey...
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Minggu, 2025-11-09 14:52:48and 25 rays in the pectoral fins and they have 30-35 vertical rows of ctenoid scales on the body. There are flattened spines on the suborbital ridge...
Click to read more »Parabembras curta
Rabu, 2026-05-20 07:47:40lateral-line scales. Body cylindrical and posteriorly weakly compressed. Scales ctenoid. Opercle with upper and lower spines. Mouth large and slightly oblique...
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Kamis, 2026-04-30 09:19:28of Toxotes blythii range from 61 to 131 mm in length. Archerfishes have ctenoid scales with 3-9 radii originating from the focus point to the anterior...
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Rabu, 2026-05-20 05:16:42are conical teeth in the jaws. The body is largely cover in ctenoid scales with non-ctenoid scales present on cheeks, gills and on the top of head behind...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 01:01:27compressed and has a long spatulate snout. The body is covered with small, ctenoid scales. There are three lateral lines which are made up of tubular scales...
Click to read more »Cephalopholis boenak
Kamis, 2026-05-21 10:22:28with a flesh lower margin. The body, including the abdomen, is covered in ctenoid scales which is a characteristic of this species. The overall colour is...
Click to read more »Yellowfin whiting
Jumat, 2025-09-05 04:07:10is emarginate, and is made up of 17 rays. The body is covered in small ctenoid scales extending to the upper head and nostrils of the fish, also present...
Click to read more »Prionurus laticlavius
Kamis, 2026-05-21 12:20:13plates along each side of the caudal peduncle. The scales are small and ctenoid. The overall colour is grey contrasting with the yellow caudal fin with...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 00:54:51single spine and 2 soft rays in the pelvic fin and there are two rows of ctenoid scales along the dorsal fin bases. These are small fishes, the largest...
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Kamis, 2023-10-26 06:22:19hooked or spine, it may be unarmed. The bodies may have scales, typically ctenoid, bony plates or be naked. They can have 1, 2, 3 or 5 lateral lines made...
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Minggu, 2025-01-05 07:01:20maximum overall length of 36 cm (14 in). The body is covered in small ctenoid scales extending to the cheek and head. The first dorsal fin has 11 spines...
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Selasa, 2026-05-19 09:23:26snout, and a long soft dorsal and anal fin. The body is covered in small ctenoid scales extending to the cheek and head. The first dorsal fin has 11 spines...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 10:35:26body tapering toward the terminal mouth. The body is covered in small ctenoid scales extending to the two rows of cheek scales and head. The first dorsal...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 02:10:16spine being quite thin, and seven soft rays. The scales of the body are ctenoid while those on the head are cycloid, and there are thick coverings of scales...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 01:16:59scales to the rear of the eyes. The majority of the body scales are non-ctenoid. The caudal fin ranges from forked in juveniles, emarginate or infrequently...
Click to read more »Atlantic rubyfish
Senin, 2026-05-18 03:27:49the caudal fin has a deep fork. The head and body are covered in fine ctenoid scales and these extend onto the bases of the soft-rayed parts of the dorsal...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 09:25:03The caudal fin is rhomboid. Most of the scales on the body and head are ctenoid but there are cycloid scales on the snout and just behind the eyes. The...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 15:17:32peduncle is long and shallow. Most of the head and body is covered in large, ctenoid scales. The continuous dorsal fin has 10 - 11 spines and 11-12 soft rays...
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Jumat, 2025-07-18 03:25:22also elongated. The body of spikefin gobies are completely scaled, with ctenoid scales on the posterior and cycloid scales on the anterior. It is between...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 09:24:55being two thirds of the length of the first, and 6 or 7 spines. They have ctenoid scales on. The body and cycloid scales on the head and fins. The largest...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 01:00:51ships female pronouns. Akarotaxis has a slender, body which is covered in ctenoid scales and has two lateral lines, the upper lateral line having only 3-9...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 17:51:44scales are generally harsh and rough to the feel, commonly known as having ctenoid scales. Located on the pelvic fin is one spine along with several fin rays...
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Selasa, 2025-12-23 16:11:57usually truncate but may be slightly emarginate. Its scales are mainly ctenoid. They are dark brown in colour with faint diagonal linear markings along...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 20:46:40Finally, there is a thin yellow bar along the nape. B. sabanus has large ctenoid scales; there are between 24 and 27 mid-lateral scales and between 0 and...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 01:01:31the colour of the caudal fin. Vomeridens has a body which is covered in ctenoid scales with two lateral lines consisting of tubular scales. The operculum...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 09:24:15rhomboid shape. There are cycloid scales on the head and throat while ctenoid scales cover the other parts of body with small scales present on the soft-rayed...
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Minggu, 2026-05-17 22:51:53the pectoral fin. They have a swimbladder. The scales on the body are ctenoid, and the cheek, postorbital area and top of head are all scaled. They do...
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Senin, 2021-12-20 07:33:50characterized by elongated bodies and compressed heads. They possess 24 to 30 ctenoid scales on the body, becoming cycloid on the nape before disappearing just...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 15:55:56preoperculum has 5 spines and the operculum has 2. The body is covered with ctenoid scales and there are 26-27 scales in the lateral line. The dorsal fin has...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 08:37:51fleshy process on the snout and a hump before the eyes. The scales are ctenoid, larger below the lateral line than above it. The overall colour of adults...
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Kamis, 2025-11-27 05:25:44continue down the body until reaching the caudal peduncle. P. macrolepida has ctenoid scales on its nape, cheeks, preopercle, and opercle, and both sexes have...
Click to read more »Ponticola kessleri
Sabtu, 2026-05-09 20:06:39by the following: 75–95% of its length is between its origin and anus; ctenoid scales completely cover the predorsal area and nape; pelvic disc fraenum...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 00:05:59other, or there may be just a furrow behind each eye. There are large, ctenoid scales on the body, although some species have cycloid scales on the belly...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 02:48:57body, the body being deeply compressed and having a covering of small ctenoid scales. Its eyes are very large, as is the obliquely angled mouth and a...
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Rabu, 2026-04-22 06:09:23The scales are ctenoid in nature except for the cheek scales, of which there are 3 rows, the upper being cycloid and the lower 2 ctenoid. There are 65...
Click to read more »Finescale dace
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 18:57:53divided in two groups of specificity. The finescale dace has what are called ctenoid scales, called this because of the ctenii that run along the posterior...
Click to read more »Acanthopagrus butcheri
Senin, 2026-05-18 21:32:03The body is covered with large scales, which may be cycloid or weakly ctenoid in shape. The head is mostly scale-free, with the exception of parts of...
Click to read more »Emmelichthys nitidus
Rabu, 2025-10-01 00:45:43the vomer, palatine or tongue, The head and body are covered in small ctenoid scales except for over the preorbital area and the tip of the snout. The...
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Senin, 2025-08-04 00:16:33positioned in 2 rows, the upper cycloid and the lower ctenoid. The rest of the body is covered in ctenoid scales. The amount of vertebrae is also diagnostic...
Click to read more »Parabembras robinsoni
Rabu, 2026-05-20 07:47:44dorsal fin. Body cylindrical and posteriorly moderately compressed. Scales ctenoid. Mouth large and slightly oblique. This species has a maximum published...
Click to read more »Hemilepidotus gilberti
Kamis, 2026-05-21 21:43:54There are three zones of scale rows on the body and a scale row of small ctenoid scales beneath the ventral scale row. There are 4 spines on the preoperculum...
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Sabtu, 2024-11-30 09:26:31the otolith morphology is also distinctive. The body is covered in small ctenoid scales, with the anterior scales larger than the posterior. The pectoral...
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Minggu, 2025-09-28 12:31:59teeth of similar form but the other teeth are granular. The scales finely ctenoid, the scaly cheeks contrasting with the scaleless interorbital region. The...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 09:23:59between 7 and 9 soft rays. The caudal fin is rhomboidal in shape. There are ctenoid scales on the head, back, throat and belly each with 5 or 6 strong projecting...
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Senin, 2025-08-11 03:30:35body tapering toward the terminal mouth. The body is covered in small ctenoid scales, including the two rows of cheek scales. The first dorsal fin has...
Click to read more »Asian whiting
Minggu, 2025-01-05 00:43:55genus Sillago, possessing an elongate, slightly compressed body covered in ctenoid scales, tapering toward the terminal mouth. The head of the species is...
Click to read more »Gerres cinereus
Rabu, 2026-05-20 13:02:23are darker in color. Covering most of the body are the thin, overlapping ctenoid scales that contribute to their silver-like appearance. The caudal fins...
Click to read more »Southern school whiting
Minggu, 2025-10-19 21:25:56line scales and cheek scales positioned in 3–4 rows, all of which are ctenoid. The amount of vertebrae are also diagnostic, having 33 to 35 in total...
Click to read more »Mud whiting
Minggu, 2023-11-19 15:55:25body tapering toward the terminal mouth. The body is covered in small ctenoid scales extending to the two rows of cheek scales and head. The first dorsal...
Click to read more »Oplopomus oplopomus
Senin, 2021-12-13 05:35:02behind the eye. Its head does not possess scales. Scales on the body are ctenoid. The first dorsal fin is elongated and separated from the second dorsal...
Click to read more »Striped croaker
Senin, 2026-05-18 08:04:15caudal fin is rounded or straight on its rear edge. Most of the scales are ctenoid but there are cycloid scales on the head. The lateral line scales extend...
Click to read more »Lepidoperca
Rabu, 2026-02-11 05:11:15exist in a V-shaped patch. The tongue is smooth. The scales are large and ctenoid. Lepidoperca is closely related to the genus Caesioperca, but differ from...
Click to read more »Bairdiella
Senin, 2026-05-18 01:27:44line reaching the center of the caudal fin. Almost all of the scales are ctenoid. These croakers have maximum published total lengths of 30 to 35 cm (12...
Click to read more »Estuarine whiting
Rabu, 2026-04-22 06:09:07fin has two spines and is followed by 22 or 24 soft rays. The scales are ctenoid in nature except for the cheek scales, of which there are 2 rows of cycloid...
Click to read more »Crazy fish
Kamis, 2026-05-21 10:22:16larger scale. The scales on the head, nape, and the sides of the body are ctenoid, while the scales on the belly are cycloid. Crazy fish are drably colored...
Click to read more »Bellapiscis lesleyae
Kamis, 2026-05-21 09:01:59that contain dark brown or black spots. B. lesleyae has an abundance of ctenoid scales which have comb-like edges covering its body. These scales overlap...
Click to read more »Arripis truttacea
Kamis, 2026-05-21 19:38:45and area above the eyes is covered with moderately small, very finely ctenoid and larger specimens feel smooth to the touch. The lateral line is almost...
Click to read more »Parabembras multisquamata
Rabu, 2026-05-20 07:47:48dorsal fin. Body cylindrical and posteriorly weakly compressed. Scales ctenoid. Mouth large and slightly oblique. This species attains a maximum published...
Click to read more »Slender whiting
Senin, 2025-10-06 11:32:51whiting species, with an elongate, slightly compressed body covered in ctenoid scales, tapering toward the terminal mouth. Being one of three species...
Click to read more »Chirodactylus variegatus
Rabu, 2026-05-27 15:30:12body is one third of the total length. The body is totally covered with ctenoid scales. It has a rather small head with small eyes and a small, subterminal...
Click to read more »Blackchin shiner
Kamis, 2026-05-21 12:04:00species is primitive in comparison to other teleosts, many of whom have ctenoid scales. For species of fish with either version of leptoid scales, the...
Click to read more »Sicyopus zosterophorus
Rabu, 2026-03-25 04:14:13postpectoral scales are cycloid, while the remainder of the body is covered with ctenoid scales. The spines of the first dorsal fin are approximately equal in length...
Click to read more »Tasmanian robust triplefin
Sabtu, 2025-12-27 15:07:30in the capture of small crustaceans. Superficial or embedded tooth-like ctenoid scales are located at the nape of the head, and the groove before the first...
Click to read more »Fourspot butterflyfish
Selasa, 2026-05-19 08:05:44characteristics: a laterally compressed body with bilateral symmetry, and ctenoid scales, identified by their comb-like edges. One defining characteristic...
Click to read more »Oriental trumpeter whiting
Minggu, 2026-01-04 06:37:19reaching a maximum overall length of 30 cm. The body is covered in small ctenoid scales extending to the cheek and head. The first dorsal fin has 11 spines...
Click to read more »Lepidotrigla papilio
Kamis, 2026-05-21 21:32:54small medial notch, edged on either side by tiny marginal spines. The ctenoid scales are firmly attached but are not present on the breast or belly....
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