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Your body is covered with bony plates and am a fish?
You might be a fish from the Placoderm group. Placoderms were an extinct fish group known for their armor-like bony plates covering their bodies, providing protection. They existed during the Paleozoic era, from around 430 to 360 million years ago.
What is the gill covering of bony fish?
The flap of tissue that covers a bony fish gill is the bony operculum.
What are denticles and how do they differ from the covering of bony fish?
Denticles are small tooth-like structures found on the skin of cartilaginous fish like sharks and rays. They differ from the bony fish's scales, which are hard, flat plates covering their bodies. Denticles help reduce drag in water and provide protection, while scales are more rigid and serve as a form of armor for bony fish.
What is a placoderm?
The placoderm is actually an extinct fish, thought to have lived during the Devonian period and is thought to have had broad flat bony plates covering its body.
Which type of fish has a scaly body covering?
Most bony fishes have scaly covering on body as Labeo .
What bony plates make up a star fish skeleton?
The endoskeleton
What is the Bony overlapping plates that covers the fish's body called?
Scales
Which body features do bony fish have that sharks do not have?
Sharks, cartilage skeleton, lack scales, lack swim-bladder,Boney Fish. bony skeleton, scales, swim-bladder, interesting colouration.
Is a seahorse an invertabrate?
No. It's a fish and therefore a vertebrate
What are the small bony plates embedded in a fish's skin that provide the skin with a protective covering?
They are called "scales" and they overlap one another, all in the same general direction, to provide some limited protection against other fish and predators.
Does bony fish have a body covering?
not all fish have skeletons on the outer skins of their body but some like the sword fish do
What is a fin of fish?
* im not sure but i think the answer is bony spines protruding from the body with skin covering them
