Pez de cuerpo alargado y cilÃndrico, con una longitud aproximada de 50 centÃmetros, tiene un largo hocico; es de color gris con manchas de color negro. Presenta escamas ganoideas (que tienen una capa ósea recubierta por otra capa de una sustancia parecida al esmalte), grandes, gruesas, en forma de rombo y yuxtapuestas
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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X-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out, organized by the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), is an exhibit traveling to museums across the country through 2015. Visit the SITES page for the tour itinerary.
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Learn more about Atractosteus tropicusX-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out, organized by the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), is an exhibit traveling to museums across the country through 2015. Visit www.sites.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibits/ichthyo/index.htm for the tour itinerary.