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The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation - The Sharks of the Monterey Bay - Pelagic Sharks
It opens its cavernous mouth (up to 4ft. Across!) to allow water to pass over the gill rakers, which then strain small fishes and invertebrates out of the water column. They are often seen ...
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The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation - The Sharks of the Monterey Bay - Benthic Sharks
DESCRIPTION 7-gill sharks are distinguished by being the only shark species to have 7 gill slits. They also can be ID'd by having just one dorsal fin placed way back near the tail which is ... rays , black cod, hake, squid, octopus, and dead whales. In alaska there are reports of large 7-gill sharks attacking harbor seals. PSRF Director Sean Van Sommeran prepares to release a tagged seven-gill shark, ...
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The Giant Salamanders
Adults lack gills but retain gill slits on the side of the throat, concealed by folds of skin. Costal grooves are not well developed - ... hind legs and very small 4 toed fore legs situated close to the external gills. There are three gill slits. Body is stout, deeper than it is wide, having a slightly impressed mid-dorsal line. The head ...
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Ghostnets of Canada - All life stops here!
The ten year old, twenty pound fish has had several close calls before, but this time the monofilament meshes have slipped past its gill slits. The instinctive rolling motion has now snared the entire body of the fish from head to tail. The confused cod stops the ...
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Caudata (salamanders, newts, amphiuma, mudpuppies, waterdogs, sirens)
Karauridae), supraoccipital, basioccipital and ectopterygoid bones, (4) presence of ribs, (5) presence of true teeth on both jaws, (6) gill slits and external gills in aquatic larvae (when present), (7) origin of the adductor mandibulae internus superficialis muscle on the top and back of the skull (except Karauridae) and small size of the levator mandibulae posterior ( ...
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Amphibian Articles - Introduction to the Lifecycle of Newts
The bushy gills are absorbed and the gill slits closed (in non-neotenic individuals), the skin becomes less permeable as the need to absorb ... reasons, some larvae may never fully metamorphose into the adult form, but will retain gills, gill slits, and sometimes other larval characteristics for life, and will reach sexual maturity in this form ...
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Marine Vertebrates - MarineBio.org
This class was one of the first marine species to develop paired fins. They all have 5-7 gill slits and lack swim bladders. Their skin is covered in denticles rather than scales giving it a rough sandpaper-like feel. The reproduce through internal fertilization. These animals have large livers that hold a large volume of oil that aids ...
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The Structures and Adaptations to Marine Living - MarineBio.org
Cambrian age were animals that resembled fishes and had respiratory gills formed by pharyngeal gill slits located in a set of pouches. The first purpose of the skeleton and scales were to protect ... characteristics of a fish in this class include a longer intestine than sharks and rays, a single gill slit on each side, a mouth at the front of the body, a tail fin that is ...
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The Mackerel sharks (class Chondrichthyes , subclass Elasmobranchii ) have two dorsal fins without spines, and five gill slits. They usually have small spiracles behind the eyes. The mouth is large, and usually extends ... and fine gill rakers are adaptations to filter feeding on plankton . It is the second largest fish (behind the whale shark ), and is found in cool and warm temperate waters in ...
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Guadalupe Island, Photo, Photos
The exposure was made just as the shark happened to have both an open mouth and a gaze directed at the divers in the cage. Isla Guadalupe, Mexico. Keywords: great white shark photo, Carcharodon carcharias, Guadalupe Island. 2/ ...
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