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Features of the Chondrichthyes Class? |
•Skeleton • Jaw • Fins |
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Features of the Shark order? |
•Fusiform• Countershaded• Gill openings• Spiracle• Paired pectoral fins for steering and lift• Paired pelvic fins and median fins for stability• Caudal fin is heterocercal •Oil saturated liverbuoyancyliftalong with pectoral fins• Swim with mouth open• Gill openings = slits •Ventral mouth• Rows of triangular teeth• Replaced if lost• Modified scales• Species specific •Most are carnivorous• The largest are filter feeders• Vestigial teeth • Gill rakers |
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Horn shark |
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Horn shark egg case |
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Leopard Sharks |
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Blue Shark |
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White shark |
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Features of the Rays and Skates order? |
Modified for demersal lifestyle • Flattened bodies• Some are sting rays• Gill slits• Spiracle• Teeth •Largest species are filter feeders |
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Bat ray |
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Round stingray |
