it is starting to die.
There are many ways in which scales assist a fish. The easiest one to explain and probably the most accurate to answer your question is that the scales are smooth and provide an aerodynamic facade, which helps them swim more efficiently.
Fish naturally loose their scales, but if your fish are loosing many scales at once, its not natural. Goldfish may loose their scales if they are stressed. If you get another fish, try medicating the tank with something like MelaFix for a while to prevent that from happening.
No you can not it fish scales.
Could possibly be something more seriously wrong when fish lose scales. COuld be a parasite, fungus or some disease.
Most fish do in fact have scales, even some with scales that are nearly microscopic in size; many catfish however do not have scales, they have armour plating, but not scales.
Fish scales do not tessellate, they overlap. Like most scales do.
Yes, trumpet fish do have scales.
Fish Scales was born in 1976.
yes they do contain fish scales as well as bettle juce
yes they do all fish have scales All fish do not have scales.
Most fish are covered in scales for protection. They vary in size, shape and structure and can range from strong and rigid to small or absent. The main types of scales include the cycloid scales, the ctenoid scales, the placoid scales and the ganoid scales.
seer fish has no scales