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Sturgeon Scales, X-ray

Colour-enhanced X-ray of scales of the critically endangered Atlantic, Common, or Sea Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio). The thick plates of the scales offer the fish protection from predators. These samples are from Quebec, Canada. The average size of a scale here is 5 cm.

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Sturgeon Scales, X-ray

Caption:

Colour-enhanced X-ray of scales of the critically endangered Atlantic, Common, or Sea Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio). The thick plates of the scales offer the fish protection from predators. These samples are from Quebec, Canada. The average size of a scale here is 5 cm.

Credit:

Album / Science Source / Ted Kinsman

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Image size:

5039 x 3474 px | 50.1 MB

Print size:

42.7 x 29.4 cm | 16.8 x 11.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ACIPENSER • ACIPENSERIDAE • ACIPENSERIFORMES ACIPENSERIDAE • ACIPENSERIFORMES • ANIMAL • ANIMALS • ATLANTIC • BALTIC • BIOLOGICAL • BIOLOGY • COLOR • COLORED • COLORIZATION • COLORIZED • COLOUR • COLOUR-ENHANCED • COLOURED • COMMON • CRITICALLY • ENDANGERED • ENHANCED • EUROPEA • EUROPEAN • FALSE • FISH • FISH: RAY • FRESH WATER • FRESHWATER • GENERAL • NATURE • RADIOGRAPH • RADIOGRAPHY • RARE • RAY • RAY, FISH • SEA • SPECIES • STURGEON • STURIO • WILDLIFE • X • X-RAY • XRAY