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References - A brief introduction to Fish Anatomy
This is a varied category because there are all shapes, sizes and colors that make up this crucial limb. The dorsal, pelvic and pectoral all work together in aiding the direction and locomotion of the fish. The caudal fin is pushed from side to side or in a whales or dolphins case, up and down at various speeds to propel them selves ...
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The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation - The Sharks of the Monterey Bay - Benthic Sharks
The inside of the mouth is pale while the dorsal surface is a grayish brown with a ... underside. Reaches 24 inches long. The peppered shark also has a rough leading edge to its upper caudal but the inside of its mouth is dark gray. A common species in deeper waters off of California ...
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Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
Sharks Body Features of Bony Fishes Standard Measurements of Bony Fishes Mouth Types of Bony Fishes Tooth Types of Bony Fishes Tooth Patch Types of Bony Fishes Gill Arch and Scale Types of Bony Fishes Spine, Rays, and Caudal Fin Types of Bony Fishes Body Features and Measurements of Sharks Fin Features and Measurements of Sharks Head Features ...
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Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
Fish with streamlined bodies and a stiff, crescent-shaped caudal fin or tail, tend to move rapidly through the water by swishing their tail from side to side. ... fish much like sculling (rowing a boat with an oar) propels a boat. The caudal fin or tail is not the only fin a fish uses to swim. For example, the pectoral fins, which sit almost horizontally ...
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Minke whaling in the North Atlantic 2000
Minke whaling in the North Atlantic 2000 Japans research whaling in the northwestern Pacific, anno 2000 Measuring the caudal fin proportion of a Brydes whale Next Picture>>> Back to the thumbnails Click here to return to the High North Alliance Home Page
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2007 IUCN Red List – Search
It has broad nostrils with large nasal flaps, dorsal fins are high and pointed with first dorsal well forward of the pelvic-fin origins and the caudal fin lower lobe is small but distinct (Last and Stevens 1994). This species, like the largetooth sawfish of the Americas, ...
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There are 10 genera and 16 species within these seven families. The Odontaspididae have an assymetrical caudal fin with a small lower lobe, and relatively small eyes. Up to 3.6 meters long, ... . Family Alopiidae, the thresher sharks, contains three species all in the genus Alopias. Immediately recognizable by their elongated upper caudal lobe, they reach up to 5.5 meters in length. The long fin may ...
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Great White Shark Photos, Carcharodon carcharias, Phillip Colla Natural History Photography
This jagged edge has been observed to be essentially unique to each ... fin, Guadalupe Island, Mexico Photograph of great white shark with three satellite transmitters below its dorsal fin, Guadalupe Island, Mexico These three sharks are carrying "tags" attached near the base of the dorsal ...
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Endangered Species International
Bind, toothless ammocoete larvae typically burrow in the bed of silty streams Many adults are parasitic on other vertebrates Eel-like body without scales and without paired fins No dorsal fin, only a confluent caudal fin No species of hagfish are listed endangered under the IUCN Red List. For more information on hagfish click here ...
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Spirit of the Salmon Fund
Average weight is 10 - 45 pounds, with a record of 126 pounds. The chinook has a greenish back, silver sides, and a silver belly. It is covered with black spots on its back, back (or dorsal) fin and tail (or caudal) fin. Its mouth is black. The fish darken as they mature. By the time the males are ready to spawn, they are almost black ...
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