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Shark. † Synechodontiformes. Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha[1] (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the Batoidea (rays and kin).
Carcharodon albimorsWhitley, 1939. The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is a species of large mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans. It is the only known surviving species of its genus Carcharodon.
Shark is the naming term of all members of Selachimorpha suborder in the subclass Elasmobranchii, in the class Chondrichthyes. The Elasmobranchii also include rays and skates ; the Chondrichthyes also include Chimaeras .
A German tourist died after being bitten by a shark on Monday while sailing off Spain's Canary Islands, the coastguard said.. The 30-year-old woman lost a leg in the attack and died of a heart ...
"Shark Tank" is introducing a new shark this season. Daniel Lubetzky, founder of Kind Snacks, will officially join the panel of full-time sharks for Season 16 of the ABC reality TV series, the ...
The whale shark is a filter feeder – one of only three known filter-feeding shark species (along with the basking shark and the megamouth shark). It feeds on plankton including copepods, krill, fish eggs, Christmas Island red crab larvae [62] and small nektonic life, such as small squid or fish.