Swordfish Xiphias gladius This migratory billfish can grow to 177 inches long, from the tip of its slender bill to the end of its crescent caudal (tail) fin. It is a dark brown black above, fading to a lighter shade underneath, and its first dorsal and anal fins are significantly more pronou
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Removed ovary, eggs, and epigonal tissue.
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Brown Smooth-hound Mustelus henlei This small, slender shark has a long snout, large eyes, triangular fins and an asymmetrical, notched caudal (tail) fin. It prefers coastal waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, usually muddy or sandy bottoms of bays, solitary or schooling with other species
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Tasselled Wobbegong Eucrossorhinus dasypogon This unusual carpet shark has a fringe along the front of its flat head, and an elaborate camouflage pattern, ideal for its ambush style of hunting. It usually grows to about 4 feet long, with broad, rounded pectoral fins, and a series of lobed fi
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This is an easy way to make a shark mobile (as adapted from enchantedlearning.com): Materials List: paper and a photocopier scissors a stapler string cotton balls markers or crayons 2 wire clothes hangers or stiff wire (for each mobile) pliers and wire cutters Procedu
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Green Moray Gymnothorax funebris One of the largest of the morays, the green moray is often found at 6 feet long but can reach 8 feet and 65 pounds. Although it is actually dark grey-brown, it is covered in a thick yellow mucus, giving it its green coloring and protecting it from parasites a
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Lesser Electric Ray Narcine bancroftii Like the name suggests, this is one of the rays that can create an electric shock from 14 to 37 volts, from specialized organs that run along their bodies. These small rays have a circular pectoral disc, with a stout tail that as two small dorsal fins a
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Close up: right and left uteri.
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Close up: epigonal tissue.
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Brownbanded Bamboo Shark Chiloscyllium punctatum These elongated, slender carpet sharks have lobed fins and an asymmetrical caudal (tail) fin. The young ones are medium brown with darker brown banding, but that fades to a solid brown as they mature. They live between the shore and the reef o
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