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In addition to their barbs, some stingrays have large, thorny, scale-like denticles that provide passive protection, says Chris Martinez, a fish biologist at the University of California, Irvine, who studies stingray morphology.
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Katharine Gammon, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
Perhaps the next stage of research should be to determine how sharks keep their denticles clean.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
The denticles in shark skin can flex at angles more than 40 degrees from its body—but only in the direction of reversing flow (i.e., from tail to nose).
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 July 2023
Unlike the typical scales found on bony fishes, which are thin and overlapping, dermal denticles are hard and tooth-like in structure.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 17 July 2023
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Katharine Gammon, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
Perhaps the next stage of research should be to determine how sharks keep their denticles clean.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
The denticles in shark skin can flex at angles more than 40 degrees from its body—but only in the direction of reversing flow (i.e., from tail to nose).
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 July 2023
Unlike the typical scales found on bony fishes, which are thin and overlapping, dermal denticles are hard and tooth-like in structure.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 17 July 2023
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“Denticle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/denticle. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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denticle
noun
den·ti·cle
ˈdent-i-kəl 
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