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  2. Fish scale - Wikipedia

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    A fish scale is a small rigid plate that grows out of the skin of a fish. The skin of most jawed fishes is covered with these protective scales, which can also provide effective camouflage through the use of reflection and colouration, as well as possible hydrodynamic advantages.

  3. Osteichthyes - Wikipedia

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    Cosmoid scales have the same two layers of bone that ganoid scales have except they have dentin in-between the enamel and vascular bone and lamellar (vascular and lamellar two subcategories for bone found in scales). All these scales are found underneath the epidermis and do not break the epidermis of the fish. Unlike the placoid scales that ...

  4. List of halal and kosher fish - Wikipedia

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    All fish in this article have true (visible) fish scales, an endoskeleton, fins, and gills (as opposed to lungs). The requirement for gills is not part of any religious rule, but biologically it is an identifying characteristic of true fish. Any animal lacking any of the latter three features is not a fish, and is therefore not valid for this ...

  5. Swordfish - Wikipedia

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    The 17th-century Turkish Sephardi halakhic authority Rabbi Chaim ben Yisrael Benvenisti wrote that "It is a widespread custom among all Jews to eat the fish with the sword, known in vernacular as fishei espada, even though it does not have any scales. Because it is said that when it comes out of the water, due to its anger, it shakes and throws ...

  6. Scale (zoology) - Wikipedia

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    Cycloid scales have a smooth outer edge, 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 fin rays, such as bass and crappie .

  7. American eel - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 December 2024. Species of fish American eel Conservation status Endangered (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Anguilliformes Family: Anguillidae Genus: Anguilla Species: A. rostrata Binomial name Anguilla rostrata ...

  8. Sturgeon - Wikipedia

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    The Jewish laws of kashrut, which only permit the consumption of fish with both scales and fins, forbids sturgeon, as they have ganoid scales instead of the permitted ctenoid and cycloid scales. While all Orthodox groups forbid the consumption of sturgeon, some Conservative groups do allow it. [ 68 ]

  9. Actinopterygii - Wikipedia

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    The teleosts have urinary and reproductive tracts that are fully separated, while the Chondrostei have common urogenital ducts, and partially connected ducts are found in Cladistia and Holostei. [10] Ray-finned fishes have many different types of scales; but all teleosts have leptoid scales. The outer part of these scales fan out with bony ...