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Week 3: B. Classes of Fishes Lamprey Chondrichthyes Osteichthyes
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Chondrichthyes ~1000 species sharks rays chimaeras Holocephali Elasmobranchii
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shark body shape pectoral fin gill placement anal fin ray Elasmobranchs
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Sharks ~400 species
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5th superorder
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Sharks Galea (with anal fin) ~280 species Squalea (mostly no anal fin) ~120 species
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Week 3 sharks... Orectolobiformes ~33 sp with terminal mouth Lamniformes ~ 15 sp. with subterminal mouth Carcharhiniformes ~ 225 sp with subterminal mouth and nictitating eyelid
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Carcharhiniformes subterminal mouth nictitating membrane
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cat sharks NEAq 2010: coral, chain Carcharhiniformes Scyliorhinidae ~160 sp.
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oviparous keratin egg case
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1-2 m >20 y captivity large interspecific schools along Calif. coast ovoviviparous ~30 pups/litter Carcharhiniformes Triakidae ~40 sp. hound sharks Triakis semifasciata leopard shark
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requiem sharks Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus ~30 sp. ~no spiracles ~ram ventilators ~viviparity
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black-tip reef Carcharhinus melanopterus 1.5 m interspecific schooling elaborate displays hierarchies
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oceanic whitetip Carcharhinus longimanus pelagic scavenger at ship and plane wrecks
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silky shark Carcharhinus falciformes with pilot jacks aggressive schools with tuna bycatch
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grey reef shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides ~25 years
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black tip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus
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blacktip shark Carcharhinus tilsoni inshore spinner
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bull shark Carcharhinus leucas freshwater spinner 2-3 m length
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also Mississippi, NA Zambezi, Africa Lake Nicaragua, CA Amazon River Valley freshwater ~2000 mile migration
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lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris color vision mature 24 y life-span 30 y replace teeth ~ 8 days 3 m long Carcharhinidae low oxygen, salinity
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fast-growing matures 4-6 y lives~12 y
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long labial furrows
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nocturnal solitary only ovoviviparous carcharhinid 10-80 pups/litter
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blue shark Prionace glauca widest ranging migratory > 6000 km/yr, 60 km/day speeds 30 km/h Carcharhinidae
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no spiracles mating wounds female skin 3x thicker than male skin and teeth segregated schools aggressive ~13 ft ~20 y
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threatened most heavily fished ~bycatch finned, discarded 50,000/yr off Hawaii 6 M/yr global
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from Costa Rica
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Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) IUU illegal, unregulated, unreported to Singapore
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Carcharhiniformes Sphyrnidae hammerheads
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stereoscopic detection triangulation manueverability
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acute vision, chemical and electrical detection
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~8 species winghead scoophead scalloped great hammerhead mallethead small eye bonnethead smooth
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large schools near magnetic mounts bycatch high mortality
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viviparity placental viviparity ~4 month gestation ~parthenogenesis
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Carcharhiniformes subterminal mouth nictitating membrane
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Week 3 sharks... Orectolobiformes ~33 sp with terminal mouth Lamniformes ~15 sp. with subterminal mouth Carcharhiniformes ~ 225 sp with subterminal mouth and nictitating eyelid
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