label: scale pocket
label_lc: scale pocket
description: "A continuous flap of skin with scales implanted in pockets or invaginations [Baldwin, CC and Johnson GD. 1996. Interrelationships of Aulopiformes. Pages 355-404 in MLJ Stiassny, LR Parenti, and DG Johnson, (eds.), Interrelationships of fishes. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.]."