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What would happen to a fish if the mucus was removed from the scales?
The fish would dry out even if it is underwater.
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.
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.
Do fish have dry scales?
Yes, fish have scales that can be described as dry. Fish scales are composed of a hard, protective layer, often made of a protein called keratin, which helps to shield their bodies from physical damage and parasites. While the scales themselves are dry, fish are typically covered in a layer of mucus that keeps their skin moist and aids in hydrodynamics. This mucus layer is essential for their health and helps prevent infections.
What is the purpose of mucus on the scales of fish?
The purpose of slime coating is to protect the fish against disease, infection and minor damage.
What would happened if fish had no scales?
Theyre are jellyfish and starfish to name a couple that do quite well without fins. Then there are all the shellfish too. I wonder though if you meant what would have happened if fish had evolved without fins. If that is the case then the best answer I can give is that life as we know it would not exist because fins were the beginning of legs/limbs. No fins = no legs = differently evolved species. Jellyfish, starfish and shellfish are not fish. They belong in different families and are not related to fish. The person above has no idea of what he or she is talking about.
Does a clown fish have scales?
Yes. Most fish have back bone.
Can you provide a list of fish without scales?
Some examples of fish without scales include catfish, eels, and sharks.
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.
