· Ctenoid (for scales) = Gk word that describes the ones having a margin resembling combs
· Cycloid (for scales) = Gk word that describes the smooth rounded scales
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Most of their scales are also ctenoid in form. The genus Diplioprion (tribe Diplioprionini) is comprised of two very unique soapfishes.
fin usually present; body almost always scaled (scales very rarely absent in South American species, e.g., the tetra Gymnocharacinus bergi of Argentina is naked, lacks an adipose fin, and is the most southerly known characiform); probably ctenoid or ...
Cycloid and scales also known as ctenoid scales, are possessed by the vast majority of bony fishes and those with soft-rayed fins. They overlap each other, like roof tiles and are round and smooth.
Sexual dimorphism: Unknown. Probably males can be istinguished from the females by the number of ctenoids on the gill covers.
Prices: Unknown
Additional: Regularly imported.
The eye-visible scales of the body are ctenoid, whereas the scales of the top of the head are cycloid. Kissing gouramis reach a maximum size of 30 cm (12 inches) total length.
 See also: Water, Fish, Scale, Anal, Dorsal
  
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