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The velvet leatherjacket is known for its sandpaper-like skin. Leatherjackets have a hard, sandpaper-like exterior which they use as a defense mechanism, which causes the fish to swim slowly. Because of this, the diet of leatherjackets is atypical, focusing on slow-moving species such as sponges, sea squirts and barnacles. [3]
Traditionally, the leather jacket has not been eaten, but recently, with large-scale farming of the fish, it has become common at market [where?]. The fish has a mild, oily taste similar to Spanish mackerel or bluefish. It has occasionally been the prey to blue swimmer crab, as juvenile fish in sea grass beds.
Although scaled, some filefish have such small scales that they appear scaleless. Like the triggerfish, filefish have small gill openings and greatly elongated pelvic bones, creating a "dewlap" of skin running between the bone's sharply keeled termination and the belly. The pelvis is articulated with other bones of the "pelvic girdle" and is ...
The prickly leather-jacket is a medium-sized fish which grows up to 31 cm (12 in). [2] The body is highly compressed laterally, stocky, the mouth is terminal; the head size is big proportionally to the body. Dermal appendages are visible mainly on the body's margin and also on the sides. They are part of the fish's camouflage system.
Designers have begun using the skin of the arapaima as leather to make jackets, shoes, and handbags, and to cover furniture. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] In July 2009, villagers around Kenyir Lake in Terengganu , Malaysia, reported sighting A. gigas .
On the left and right side of the diamond shaped crown the skin is quite smooth. Only about a third of the whole skin has quill bumps. Since the crown is the most sought-after portion and since it constitutes such a small area of the skin, "full quill" ostrich products are considerably more expensive when compared to bovine leather.
A modern down parka with faux-fur trim on the hood. A parka, like the related anorak, is a type of coat with a hood, often lined with fur or fake fur.Parkas and anoraks are staples of Inuit clothing, traditionally made from caribou or seal skin, for hunting and kayaking in the frigid Arctic.
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