Close up: nidamental gland.
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Salmon Shark Lamna ditropis These sharks are often mistake for white sharks because they look very similar, but the salmon shark is dark blue-gray to black over most of its body, except for its pale underside which often has dark blotches on it that the white sharks do not. They can get to 1
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Small-spotted Catshark Scyliorhinus canicula This small, nocturnal catshark is a light sandy color with slightly darker saddles and patches, and a lot of dark spots all over it. Slim and long, with a blunt snout and large cat-like eyes, it has small lobed fins set back closer to its asymmetr
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Close up: right nidamental gland.
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Close up: left nidamental gland.
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Night Shark Carcharhinus signatus This slender, medium sized, gray-blue shark is often mistaken for similar species. It has a long, pointed nose, and a somewhat small dorsal fin, but has a typical requiem shark body and coloring. Because of its diel vertical migration, it has the large eyes
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Roundel Skate Raja texana This skate has a rounded diamond-shaped pectoral disc, with a pointed snout that has translucent patches on either side of it. There are distinct dark eye spots with light outlines on its pectoral fins, but otherwise it is a dark brown on top, and white underneath.
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Daisy Stingray Dasyatis margarita This smaller, oval-shaped stingray has a pointed snout, and a round, pearl-like tubercular thorn in the very top center of the stingray’s disc. Its tail is slightly longer than its body, thick at the base and whip-like at the end, with one long, serrated ven
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Necklace Carpetshark Parascyllium variolatum These long, tubular sharks have small fins and asymmetrical tail fins, and short, rounded snouts. They are anywhere from dark to light brown with white spots, dark and light blotches, and dark saddles, but they all have a dark collar with dense wh
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Narrowfin Smooth-hound Mustelus norrisi This slender shark has oval eyes over a pointed snout, long pectoral fins, and an asymmetrical caudal (tail) fin with a pointed lower lobe that trails back. It is a gray on top, fading to dirty white underneath, ideal for blending into the sandy or mud
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