-
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...
- then
divided into two
subgroups which are the
cycloid scales, and the
ctenoid scales. All
these scales have a base of bone that they all
originate from...
-
Homoiostelea (solutes), the
Homostelea (cinctans), and the
Ctenocystoidea (
ctenoid-bearing homalozoans). They have
recently been
recognised as a polyphyletic...
-
single 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...
- a
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...
- the
family Percidae.
Another physical characteristic of
saugers is
their ctenoid scales,
which are
common in
advanced fishes.
Saugers have a
fusiform body...
- and 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...
- all 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...
- and 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...
- They are
nocturnal piscivorous drift-hunters. The body is
covered in
ctenoid elasmoid scales that act as armor.
Coelacanths have
eight fins – two dorsal...
