Fish scales, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The scales are not shed, but grow with the fish, resulting in the concentric growth rings (c

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Fish scales, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The scales are not shed, but grow with the fish, resulting in the concentric growth rings (circuli) that are clearly visible on these scales.

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Photo credit: © SUSUMU NISHINAGA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: animal, biological, biology, circuli, coloured, cycloid, false-coloured, fauna, fish, growth, imbricate, integumentary, nature, overlapping, rings, scale, scales, sem, system, wildlife, zoological, zoology