This series of fish scales shows the many variations in morphology between fish species.
The splitfin flashlight fish has highly ornamented scales with many spines on their surface. This image also shows roughness on the surface of the tail, as well as the higher-height lateral line canal that runs down the body.
For this dataset, cropping out some of the background field and applying a 2.5 mm long wavelength filter brings out the detail.
Measured via GelSight Mobile surface analysis system
Data Source: Dr. Dylan Wainwright, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University
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How to cite
If you use this dataset, please reference it as follows:
Digital Metrology Solutions. “Surface Library.” Digitalmetrology, digitalmetrology.com/dataset/fish-scales-splitfin-flashlightfish-anomalops-katoptron. Accessed Apr 19, 2024.