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The purpose of slime coating is to protect the fish against disease, infection and minor damage.
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What do fish have as body covering?
The outermost layer of most fish is scales.
What is the body covering of a puffer fish?
Mucus,spikes,scales.
What does a pacific cleaner fish eat?
Cleaner fish remove scales and mucus from their host.
What would a fish do without mucus in its scales?
it would turn into a transformer
What would happen to a fish if the mucus was removed from the scales?
The fish would dry out even if it is underwater.
Body covering of a clown fish?
The clown fish's body is covered with scales and mucus over them.
What do you call an animal that has a moist scale?
Fish are animals that have moist scales. This is due to a layer of mucus coating the scales. However, a minority of fish don't have any scales at all. Catfish and eels are examples of scaleless fish.
Is a fish a vertebrate with dry scaly skin?
Fish have a spine and are vertebrates. They have wet skins of scales that are covered with a mucus to guard against disease.
Why are fish scales shiny?
it is a disease. Go on google and type in dropsy. Fish dropsy is a disease that makes a fish look sort of like a pinecone. It can be fatal, so go to a pet store and ask about medicine for your tank.
What is the purpose of fish scales?
The fish is a natural born enemy to the turtle. The turtles used to bite and kill the fish, but over time through evolution and natural selection, the fish have developed scales to help protect them from the turtles.
Can humans digest fish scales?
No you can not it fish scales.
What fish are covered with?
Most fish are covered with 'scales'
