Sakiyama (1942) reported the supplementary scales in 3 species of Japanese fish. The present writer, dealing with 7 species,
Saurida undosquamis, Sphyraena pinguis, Pagrosomus major, Sardinia meranosticia, Nibea mitsukurii, Sebastolobus macrocher, and
Nemipterus virgatus, found that these scales are variable in size and shape, and the position referring to the ordinary scales is in consistent. For
Sardinia melanosticta the scales were studied in detail on the mechanism of its formation, and conclusion was reached as follows;
(1) The supplementary sca'es derive directy from the ordinary scales.
(2) Therefore, the tissue of the sca'es, at least on the surface, is not inactive but vivified.
(3) Corollary is that the formation of the fish scales is not indused by the Reisegungs phenomenon as supported by M. Graham (1928), A. W. Morozov (1924), Aikawa (1941), and Yamaha (1929).
In the light of the present experience the writer gave a hint on the standarized method of age determination by scales, wherein the organology of the external covering of the fish has not been much dealt.
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