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Visible on its snout are tiny pores which lead to electroreceptor cells. Chimaeras are soft-bodied, shark-like fish with bulky heads and long, tapered tails; measured from the tail, they can grow up to 150 cm (4.9 ft) in length. Like other members of the class Chondrichthyes, chimaera skeletons are entirely cartilaginous, or composed of cartilage.
Grunion are two fish species of the genus Leuresthes: the California grunion, L. tenuis, and the Gulf grunion, L. sardinas.They are sardine-sized teleost fishes of the New World silverside family Atherinopsidae, found only off the coast of California, USA, and Baja California, Mexico, where the species are found on both the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of California coasts.
The giant pangasius, paroon shark, pangasid-catfish [1] or Chao Phraya giant catfish ( Pangasius sanitwongsei) is a species of freshwater fish in the shark catfish family (Pangasiidae) of order Siluriformes, found in the Chao Phraya and Mekong basins in Indochina. Its populations have declined drastically, mainly due to overfishing, and it is ...
Sawfish. Sawfish, also known as carpenter sharks, are a family of rays characterized by a long, narrow, flattened rostrum, or nose extension, lined with sharp transverse teeth, arranged in a way that resembles a saw. They are among the largest fish, with some species reaching lengths of about 7–7.6 m (23–25 ft). [2]
A man on Florida’s northeast coast was bitten by a shark this weekend but is now recovering, authorities said Sunday, in the third shark attack in state waters over the past month. Officials ...
One man is trying to change that. A third of shark species face extinction. One man is trying to change that. Diego Cardeñosa has loved sharks ever since he was a child. The Colombia native was ...
June 17, 2024 at 5:00 PM. Mircea Rosca/Shutterstock. A family living in Anchorage, Alaska was delighted by an unexpected visitor who showed up in their yard and decided to make some music for them ...
The small-spotted catshark ( Scyliorhinus canicula ), also known as the sandy dogfish, [1] lesser-spotted dogfish, rough-hound or morgay (in Scotland and Cornwall), [2] is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found on the continental shelves and the uppermost continental slopes off the coasts of Norway and the British Isles south to ...