No the do NOT shed off there scales as they get older they just keep getting more scales.
No, the scales of a fish do not fall off as they grow. Instead, the fish's scales grow with the fish and new scales are added as needed. Scales are necessary for protection and reducing friction in water.
Predators of X-ray fish include larger fish, birds, and mammals that prey on smaller fish in their habitat. These predators rely on their keen senses to detect and capture X-ray fish as a source of food.
eating other fishs
The scales. It's not the head, tail, or anywhere else.
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.
If the fish is a baby and it grows then the scales expand and grow to match the fish's body.
Scales
No, the scales of a fish do not fall off as they grow. Instead, the fish's scales grow with the fish and new scales are added as needed. Scales are necessary for protection and reducing friction in water.
chalk goby
Many fish eat their own newborns.
His fish are named Brock and Swimmy
what do fish eat
Fish have scales. Seals are much larger than fish and have a slippery body and a little face :)
Increases the fish's volume by filling the swim bladder with oxygen.
no because fishs are too big for them
Predators of X-ray fish include larger fish, birds, and mammals that prey on smaller fish in their habitat. These predators rely on their keen senses to detect and capture X-ray fish as a source of food.
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.