Term Name: scale
Synonyms: scales
Definition: Dermal bone that is thin, flexible, and platelike, and that develops in overlapping skinfolds that cover the body and often the head of fish and the bases of the fins.
Appears at: Juvenile:Days 30-44 (30d-45d, 10 mm, adult fins/pigment)
Evident until: Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000277]

Relationships
develops from: scale primordium
is part of: dermal superficial region
has parts: circulus scale focus scale radius
is a type of: surface structure
has subtype: lateral line scale

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