Lemon Shark Negaprion brevirostris The lemon shark is easily recognized for its two, equally-sized dorsal fins and its yellow-brown to olive color- an ideal camouflage against the sandy in-shore areas they prefer to forage in. Lemon sharks average between 8 to 10 feet long as adults, but are
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Internal view focusing on the ovary, eggs, and right and left nidamental glands.
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Bluntnose Stingray Dasyatis say This medium sized stingray (growing to 39 inches wide at most) has the classic rounded diamond shaped disc but a distinctively blunt snout, with a tail one and a half times its body length bearing a serrated venomous spine. It is yellowish to light gray on top
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Caribbean Sharpnose Shark Rhizoprionodon porosus This small requiem shark is often confused with the Atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae) so much so that the two were only recently distinguished as different species. These small sharks are considered harmless to humans. Ord
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Sicklefin Lemon Shark Negaprion acutidens This shy, sedate shark isn’t much of a threat to humans unless provoked. It can get quite large though, upward of 14 feet long, and it closely resembles its sister species the Lemon Shark, except for the slightly more exaggerated curve of its pectora
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Southern Fiddler Trygonorrhina fasciata This oval shaped ray has a very rounded pectoral disc that is dark yellow-brown on top with irregular grayish bands outlined in darker brown. The long tail has two small dorsal fins and an asymmetrical caudal fin, and the total length of this ray, incl
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Removed ovary, eggs, and epigonal tissue.
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Longnose Skate Raja rhina This angular skate has a very pointed snout and triangle pectorals fins, with lobed pelvic fins alongside a stout tail. It is a dark brown, deal for living on a sandy bottom partially submerged in sand, and there are two small dark eye spots on its fins, each with a
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Shortfin Mako Isurus oxyrinchus The shortfin mako is considered the fastest shark in the world, able to reach burst swimming speeds of up to 43 mph (70 km h-1) (Diez et al. 2015). This classically shaped shark is hydrodynamically efficient with a pointed snout, triangular dorsal fin and larg
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Female blacknose shark (carcharhinus acronotus)
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