No the do NOT shed off there scales as they get older they just keep getting more scales.
Yes, many fish start off looking absolutely nothing like the adult fish, they are called larval fish. Some fish go through several changes in their life before becoming adults.
Yes, the scales do overlap. The overlapping makes a more complete covering than if the scales butted up to each other. When the fish bends, the overlapped scales have freedom of movement, yet still keep the covering of the body intact.
eating other fishs
Most fish are covered with 'scales'
_______ are to birds as scales are to fish
The body covering for a fish is called its scales. Scales on fish vary by size, color, number, and shape by species.
If the fish is a baby and it grows then the scales expand and grow to match the fish's body.
Scales
Yes, the scales do overlap. The overlapping makes a more complete covering than if the scales butted up to each other. When the fish bends, the overlapped scales have freedom of movement, yet still keep the covering of the body intact.
chalk goby
Many fish eat their own newborns.
Fish have scales. Seals are much larger than fish and have a slippery body and a little face :)
His fish are named Brock and Swimmy
what do fish eat
Increases the fish's volume by filling the swim bladder with oxygen.
no because fishs are too big for them
Most of the time small fish help larger fish by becomming part of their diet. However, there are many smaller fish that are considered 'cleaner fish', that help larger fish by eating parasites and dead skin and scales off of larger fish. Examples are the neon goby and the various species of cleaner wrasses found on coral reefs.
fish breathe eat and move just like we do