The scales may be cycloid, ctenoid, or absent and the lateral line is absent. |
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Actinopterygians may have ganoid, cycloid, or ctenoid scales, or no scales at all in many groups. |
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Triplefin blennies are also unique among blennies in that they possess ctenoid scales. |
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The skull bones are not spiny, but the scales are often ctenoid. |
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True bony fish have ctenoid or cycloid scales. |
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Grammicolepidids have dorsoventrally elongate linear scales rather than the cycloid or ctenoid scales of other zeiform families. |
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Ctenoid scales are rough in texture because they have tiny teeth along their edges. |
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