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Their skin is smooth and largely covered by placoid scales, and their color can range from black to brownish gray.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Placoid scales can not grow in size, but rather more scales are added as the fish increases in size.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The body shape and structure of the trunk placoid scales indicate the ability to swim quickly.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The entire body is covered by an exoskeleton of placoid scales.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many groups of bony fishes, including pipefishes and seahorses, several families of catfishes, sticklebacks, and poachers, have developed external bony plates, structurally resembling placoid scales, as protective armour.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sharks are entirely covered by placoid scales.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Members of the elasmobranchii subclass have no swim bladders, five to seven pairs of gill clefts opening individually to the exterior, rigid dorsal fins, and small placoid scales.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Such skins are naturally covered with round, closely set, calcified papillae called placoid scales, whose size is chiefly dependent on the age and size of the animal.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Bony fish have no placoid scales.
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