Macro photograph of a single scale from an Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

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Macro photograph of a single scale from an Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Scientists and wildlife managers can use the growth rings (annuli) to estimate the age of a salmon.

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Size: 5025px × 3350px
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Photo credit: © Custom Life Science Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: age, animal, animals, annuli, annulus, circuli, circulus, cycloid, cycloids, fish, fishes, growth, islc, leptoid, ring, rings, salar, salmo, salmon, salmonidae, scale, vertebrate, vertebrates