Editing Scute (section)

==Fish==
[[File:Monocentris japonica 001.jpg|thumb|The [[pineconefish]]]]
Some fish, such as [[pineconefish]], are completely or partially covered in large armored scales commonly termed scutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/santarosaco/2012/12/19/seasons-greetings/|title=“Sea”sons Greetings!|website=University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences|date=19 December 2012|access-date=8 January 2025|author=((User chrismv))}}</ref> Many [[Clupeomorpha]] have an abdominal row of scutes, which are scales with raised, sharp points that are used for protection, and in some cases they also possess dorsal scutes anterior to the dorsal fin, as in ''[[Knightia]]'' spp., ''[[Diplomystus]]'' spp. and certain extant taxa.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lecointre|first1=G.|last2=Nelson|first2=G.|chapter=Chapter 10 - Clupeomorpha, Sister-Group of Ostariophysi|title=Interrelationships of Fishes|year=1996|pages=193-207|publisher=Academic Press|doi=10.1016/B978-012670950-6/50011-4|editor-last1=Stiassny|editor-first1=M.L.J.|editor-last2=Parenti|editor-first2=L.R.|editor-last3=Johnson|editor-first3=G.D.|isbn=978-0-12-670950-6}}</ref>  Jacks of family [[Carangidae]] often have a row of scutes following the [[lateral line]] on either side.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/sftep/en/thefishes/taxon/1240|title=Family: CARANGIDAE, Jacks, Amberjacks, Crevalles, Jack-Mackerels, Leatherjackets, Lookdowns, Pilot-Fishes, Pompanos, Scads, Trevallies|website=Shorefishes of the Eastern Pacific online information system|publisher=Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute|year=2023|access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref>  ''[[Coelorinchus]]'' spp. have scutes suborbitally from their [[preoperculum]] extending anteriorly onto a triangular snout.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Marshall|first1=N.B.|last2=Iwamoto|first2=T.|chapter=Genus ''Coelorhynchus'' Giorna 1809|publisher=Yale University Press|pages=538-564|title=Fishes of the Western North Atlantic Part 6: Orders Heteromi (Notacanthiformes), Berycomorphi (Beryciformes), Xenoberyces (Stephanoberyciformes), Anacanthini (Gadiformes)|editor-last1=Cohen|editor-first1=D.M.|editor-last2=Ebeling|editor-first2=A.W.|editor-last3=Iwamoto|editor-first3=T.|editor-last4=McDowell|editor-first4=S.B.|editor-last5=Marshall|editor-first5=N.B.|editor-last6=Rosen|editor-first6=D.E.|editor-last7=Sonoda|editor-first7=P.|editor-last8=Weed III|editor-first8=W.H.|editor-last9=Woods|editor-first9=L.P.|series=Memoir 1, Sears Foundation for Marine Research|isbn=978-1-933789-16-3|doi=10.2307/j.ctvbcd0bn.11|year=1973}}</ref>  [[Sturgeon]] have five rows of scutes—modified [[ganoid scale]]s—and are otherwise scaleless.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/endangered-species-conservation/scutes-student-resources|title=Endangered Species Conservation: SCUTES Student Resources|website=NOAA Fisheries|author=Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office|date=26 April 2022|access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/license_permits_apps/docs/Sturgeon%20Manual.pdf|title=Manual on Sturgeon Reproduction|publisher=Coppens International bv|access-date=8 January 2025|via=Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife}}</ref>