Specimen
Scoliodon
common name - dog fish
Habitat:open sea
Distribution: Zanzibar to Ceylon,Ceylon to Malay Archipelago in Indian Ocean from Bay of Bengal,East Indies and the Philippine Islands ,from Mexico to Panama in Eastern Pacific ,from Labrador to Brazil in Atlantic ,from Cuba in West Indies and Eastern Coast of South America
Comments:
1. Body - long, laterally compressed ,spindle - shaped tapering at both ends.
2. Body Length - 30 to 60 cm
3. Body Colour - dark grey on dorsal and lateral surfaces and pale on ventral surface
4. Body Division - Head , Trunk and Tail
5. Dorso- ventrally compressed head with wedge - shaped snout in front
6. Largest part of the body is trunkextending from behind the gill - slits upto the cloacal aperture.
7. Tail lies behind the cloacal opening.
8. Eyes - large and circular , present at the side of the body
9. Mouth -wide crescentric opening , present on the ventral side of the head.
10. Gill - Clefts - 5 pairs , present on lateral sides
11. Median Fins comprises of :
a. 2 dorsal fin b. 1 caudal fin
c. 1 anal or ventral fin
12. First Dorsal Fin - triangular and present in front of the middle of the body
13. Second Dorsal Fin - triangular and small and present mid-way between the first dorsal and tail
14. Caudal Fin present along the ventral and dorsal surfaces of Tail and forms dorsal and ventral lobe.
15. Anal Finpresent in the mid-ventral line . Length - 5 cm in front of caudal fin opposite to the second dorsal fin
16. Lateral Fins comprises of :
a) 2 pairs of Pectoral Fin
b) 2 pairs of Pelvic Fin
17. Pectoral Fins are large than Pelvic Fins
18. Pelvic Fins has a copulatory organin males called Clasper connected with its inner edge
19. An enlongated opening between the two pelvic fins called Cloacal Aperture
20. Lateral Line- a faint line running on either side of the body extending from head to the tail.
Sphyrna
common name - hammer-headed shark
Habitat: marine shark live in deep water
Distribution: Tropical and Sub- tropical seas
Importance : It is caught for oil but yield is low
Comments:
1. Body - elongated
2. Body Length -4-5 cm
3. Hammer shape Head i.e. head is flattened in front and expanded sideways into 2 conspicuous lobes
4. Mouth- Crecentric and ventrally situated
5. Nostrils present ventrally at the base of the lateral lobes
6. Gills- slits - 5 pairs and laterally present
7. Spiracles absent
8. Viviparous
9. Asterospondylus Vertebrae
10. Presence of 2 Dorsal Fin .First is situated in front of the pelvic fin and second is opposite to the Anal fin
11. Ferocious and attack its prey with its Head
Trygon
common name - string - ray or whip- tailed ray
Food: Carnivorous. food contain crustaceans, molluscs, and small fishes
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