Poultry, Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences
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Abstract

This Fish Loses and Regrows Twenty Teeth Each Day

Ajay VS*

The Pacific lingcod which is also called Ophiodon elongatus, can grow up to 1.5 metres in length and 36 kilograms in weight. With a lifespan of over 20 years, it has two sets of jaws with around 500 needle-sharp teeth. A new study titled, "The moment of tooth: rate, fate and pattern of Pacific lingcod dentition revealed by pulse-chase," suggests that the Pacific lingcod can lose up to 20 teeth in a single day and grow them all back out of those 500 teeth.

Published Date: 2022-03-18; Received Date: 2022-02-18